Whenכִּיa manאִישׁtakes holdיִתְפֹּשׂof his brotherבְּאָחִיוin the houseבֵּיתof his father,אָבִיוsaying,“You haveלְכָהa cloak;שִׂמְלָהyou shall beתִּהְיֶהrulerקָצִיןfor us,לָּנוּand thisהַזֹּאתruinוְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָהshall be under your hand,”תַּחַת יָדֶךָ
Isaiah 3:6
Study it in the app“When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have a cloak; you shall be ruler for us, and this ruin shall be under your hand,””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 3:6, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- takes holdיִתְפֹּשׂyitpos
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “yitpos” appears- of his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- in the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- a cloakשִׂמְלָהsimla
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simla” appears- you shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- rulerקָצִיןkatsin
commander, leader
Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.
Where else “katsin” appears- ruinמַּכְשֵׁלָהmachshela
ruin
A heap of what has fallen down, a ruin.
Where else “machshela” appears- shall be under your handיָדֶyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
5And the people will be oppressed, man by man, and man by his neighbor; the youth will be insolent toward the elder, and the despised toward the honored.
6 · This verse (above)
7he will lift up his voice on that day, saying, “I will not be one who binds wounds; in my house there is no bread and no cloak; you shall not make me ruler of the people.”