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Your nakednessעֶרְוָתֵךְwill be uncovered,תִּגָּלyour reproachחֶרְפָּתֵךְalsoגַּםwill be seen;תֵּרָאֶהI will takeאֶקָּחvengeance,נָקָםand I will notוְלֹאmeetאֶפְגַּעany human being.”אָדָם
Isaiah 47:3
Study it in the app“Your nakedness will be uncovered, your reproach also will be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not meet any human being.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 47:3, word by word
- Your nakednessעֶרְוָתֵervate
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervate” appears- will be uncoveredתִּגָּלtigal
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “tigal” appears- your reproachחֶרְפָּתֵcherpate
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpate” appears- will be seenתֵּרָאֶהterae
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “terae” appears- I will takeאֶקָּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- vengeanceנָקָםnakam
vengeance
Vengeance: the punishment that does justice for an offense.
Where else “nakam” appears- meetאֶפְגַּעefga
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “efga” appears- any human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
Translation note
“I will not meet any human being”: it can be understood as “no one will stop me” or “I will spare no one.”
The context
2Take the mill and grind flour; uncover your veil, lift up the skirt, uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
3 · This verse (above)
4Our Redeemer, YHWH Tsevaot is his name, the Holy One of Israel.