And YHWHיְהוָהsaid:וַיֹּאמֶרBecauseיַעַן כִּיthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Zionצִיּוֹןare haughtyגָבְהוּand walkוַתֵּלַכְנָהwith outstretchedנְטוּיוֹתnecks,גָּרוֹןand with eyesעֵינָיִםthat ogle,וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹתwalkingהָלוֹךְand tripping alongוְטָפֹףthey go,תֵּלַכְנָהand with their feetוּבְרַגְלֵיהֶםthey jingle,תְּעַכַּסְנָה
Isaiah 3:16
Study it in the app“And YHWH said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, and with eyes that ogle, walking and tripping along they go, and with their feet they jingle,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 3:16, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- are haughtyגָבְהוּgavhu
be proud
To be filled with pride and think oneself above God and others.
Where else “gavhu” appears- and walkתֵּלַכְנָהtelachna
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telachna” appears- with outstretchedנְטוּיוֹתnetuyot
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuyot” appears- necksגָּרוֹןgaron
throat
Throat: the part of the neck through which the voice passes and what is swallowed.
Where else “garon” appears- and with eyesעֵינָיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- that ogleמְשַׂקְּרוֹתmesakrot
glance flirtatiously
To glance flirtatiously with the eyes.
Where else “mesakrot” appears- walkingהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and tripping alongטָפֹףtafof
trip along
To trip along with mincing steps.
Where else “tafof” appears- and with their feetרַגְלֵיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- they jingleתְּעַכַּסְנָהteakasna
jingle (anklets)
To jingle anklets as one walks.
Where else “teakasna” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
15What right have you that you crush my people and grind the face of the afflicted? declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.
16 · This verse (above)
17Adonai will strike with scabs the crown of the daughters of Zion, and YHWH will lay bare their nakedness.