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Takeקְחִיthe millרֵחַיִםand grindוְטַחֲנִיflour;קָמַחuncoverגַּלִּיyour veil,צַמָּתֵךְlift upחֶשְׂפִּיthe skirt,שֹׁבֶלuncoverגַּלִּיthe leg,שׁוֹקcrossעִבְרִיthe rivers.נְהָרוֹת
Isaiah 47:2
Study it in the app“Take the mill and grind flour; uncover your veil, lift up the skirt, uncover the leg, cross the rivers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 47:2, word by word
- Takeקְחִיkechi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechi” appears- the millרֵחַיִםrechayim
millstones
Hand mill, made of two stones. The slave woman who grinds was the lowest in rank in the house.
Where else “rechayim” appears- and grindטַחֲנִיtachani
grind
Grind.
Where else “tachani” appears- flourקָמַחkamach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kamach” appears- uncoverגַּלִּיgali
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gali” appears- your veilצַמָּתֵtsamate
veil
A veil.
Where else “tsamate” appears- lift upחֶשְׂפִּיchespi
strip bare
To leave in plain view what was covered.
Where else “chespi” appears- the skirtשֹׁבֶלshovel
train, skirt
The train or flowing skirt of a garment.
Where else “shovel” appears- the legשׁוֹקshok
thigh, leg
Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.
Where else “shok” appears- crossעִבְרִיivri
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivri” appears- the riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears
The context
1“Go down and sit on the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans; for they will not again call you tender and delicate.
2 · This verse (above)
3Your nakedness will be uncovered, your reproach also will be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not meet any human being.”