So I profanedוַאֲחַלֵּלthe princesשָׂרֵיof the sanctuary,קֹדֶשׁand I gaveוְאֶתְּנָהJacobיַעֲקֹבto devotion to destruction,לַחֵרֶםand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלto revilings.”לְגִדּוּפִים
Isaiah 43:28
Study it in the app“So I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I gave Jacob to devotion to destruction, and Israel to revilings.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 43:28, word by word
- So I profanedאֲחַלֵּלachalel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “achalel” appears- the princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of the sanctuaryקֹדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- and I gaveאֶתְּנָהetna
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “etna” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- to devotion to destructionחֵרֶםcherem
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appears- and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to revilingsגִדּוּפִיםgidufim
reviling, taunt
Reviling, a taunt: words that insult and dishonor.
Where else “gidufim” appears
The context
27Your first father sinned, and your interpreters transgressed against me.
28 · This verse (above)