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Woeהוֹיto those who callהָאֹמְרִיםevilלָרַעgoodטוֹבand goodוְלַטּוֹבevil,רָעwho putשָׂמִיםdarknessחֹשֶׁךְfor lightלְאוֹרand lightוְאוֹרfor darkness,לְחֹשֶׁךְwho putשָׂמִיםbitterמַרfor sweetלְמָתוֹקand sweetוּמָתוֹקfor bitter!לְמָר
Isaiah 5:20
Study it in the app“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 5:20, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to those who callאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- goodטוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- who putשָׂמִיםsamim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samim” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- for lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- bitterמַרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- for sweetמָתוֹקmatok
sweet
Sweet; what is sweet.
Where else “matok” appears
The context
19who say, “Let him hurry, let him hasten his work, so that we may see it; and let it draw near and come, the plan of the Holy One of Israel, and we will know it.”
20 · This verse (above)
21Woe to those wise in their own eyes and discerning in their own sight!