Isaiah 33:15

“He who walks in righteous deeds and speaks uprightly, who rejects the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding a bribe, who stops his ear from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,”

Isaiah 33:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 33:15, word by word

He who walksהֹלֵךְholech

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

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in righteous deedsצְדָקוֹתtsedakot

righteous deeds

Doing what is just, upright deeds.

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and speaksדֹבֵרdover

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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uprightlyמֵישָׁרִיםmesharim

uprightness

What is upright and just, in what is spoken or judged.

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who rejectsמֹאֵסmoes

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

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the gainבֶצַעvetsa

gain, profit

Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.

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of oppressionsמַעֲשַׁקּוֹתmaashakot

oppression, extortion

Oppression, extortion.

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who shakesנֹעֵרnoer

shake off

Shake, throw off with a jolt.

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his handsכַּפָּיkapay

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

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from holdingתְּמֹךְtemoch

hold fast

To grasp something and not let go, or to keep it for oneself.

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a bribeשֹּׁחַדshochad

bribe

Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.

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who stopsאֹטֵםotem

close, shut

Close, stop up (the lips, the ears). Of a window, to be closed or narrowed inward; its exact sense in 1 Kings 6:4 is uncertain.

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his earאָזְנazn

hearing

The ear that listens: "incline your ear".

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from hearingשְּׁמֹעַshemoa

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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of bloodshedדָּמִיםdamim

bloodguilt

A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.

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and shutsעֹצֵםotsem

shut

To squeeze the eyelids shut so as not to see something.

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his eyesעֵינָיenay

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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from lookingרְאוֹתreot

see

To see with one's eyes.

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on evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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The context

14Sinners in Zion are in dread; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can reside with the devouring fire? Who among us can reside with eternal burnings?”

15 · This verse (above)

16he will dwell on the heights; fortresses of crags will be his high refuge; his bread will be given, his waters sure.

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