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Woeהוֹיto those wiseחֲכָמִיםin their own eyesבְּעֵינֵיהֶםand discerningוְ נְבֹנִיםin their own sight!נֶגֶד פְּנֵיהֶם
Isaiah 5:21
Study it in the app“Woe to those wise in their own eyes and discerning in their own sight!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 5:21, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to those wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- in their own eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- and discerningנְבֹנִיםnevonim
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “nevonim” appears- in their own sightנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- in their own sightפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
The context
20Woe 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!
21 · This verse (above)
22Woe to those mighty at drinking wine, and men of vigor at mixing intoxicating drink,