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Everyoneכֹּלhas been put to shameהֹבִישׁbecause of a peopleעַל עַםthat does notלֹאprofit them,יוֹעִילוּ לָמוֹnotלֹאfor helpלְעֵזֶרand notוְלֹאfor profit,לְהוֹעִילbutכִּיfor shameלְבֹשֶׁתand alsoוְגַםfor reproach.לְחֶרְפָּה
Isaiah 30:5
Study it in the app“Everyone has been put to shame because of a people that does not profit them, not for help and not for profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 30:5, word by word
- has been put to shameהֹבִישׁhovish
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “hovish” appears- because of a peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- profit themיוֹעִילוּyoilu
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “yoilu” appears- for helpעֵזֶרezer
helper, help
Help, aid; one who helps. It does not imply inferiority: the same word is often used for God as the helper of his people (Psalm 33:20; 121:1-2).
Where else “ezer” appears- for shameבֹשֶׁתvoshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “voshet” appears- for reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears
The context
4For his princes were in Zoan, and his messengers reach Hanes.
5 · This verse (above)
6The burden of the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, where the lioness and the lion are among them, the viper and the flying fiery serpent, they carry on the backs of young donkeys their riches, and on the humps of camels their treasures, to a people that does not profit.