Isaiah 3:7

“he 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.””

Isaiah 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 3:7, word by word

he will lift up his voiceיִשָּׂאyisa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “yisa” appears
on that dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
beאֶהְיֶהehye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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one who binds woundsחֹבֵשׁchovesh

bandage

To wrap a wound or broken bone with bandages so it heals.

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in my houseבֵיתִveti

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “veti” appears
breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lechem” appears
cloakשִׂמְלָהsimla

cloak

Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.

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make meתְשִׂימֻtesimu

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

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rulerקְצִיןketsin

commander, leader

Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.

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of the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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The context

6When 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,”

7 · This verse (above)

8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their tongue and their deeds are against YHWH, to rebel against the eyes of his glory.

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