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But AdonaiוַאדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהhelps me;יַעֲזָר לִיthereforeעַל כֵּןI have notלֹאbeen humiliated;נִכְלָמְתִּיthereforeעַל כֵּןI have setשַׂמְתִּיmy faceפָנַיlike flint,כַּחַלָּמִישׁand I knowוָאֵדַעthatכִּיI will notלֹאbe ashamed.אֵבוֹשׁ
Isaiah 50:7
Study it in the app“But Adonai YHWH helps me; therefore I have not been humiliated; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 50:7, word by word
- But Adonaiאדֹנָdona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “dona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- helps meיַעֲזָרyaazar
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “yaazar” appears- been humiliatedנִכְלָמְתִּיnichlamti
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “nichlamti” appears- I have setשַׂמְתִּיsamti
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “samti” appears- my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- like flintחַלָּמִישׁchalamish
flint
Flint: a very hard stone.
Where else “chalamish” appears- and I knowאֵדַעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears- be ashamedאֵבוֹשׁevosh
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “evosh” appears
The context
6My back I gave to those who struck, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; my face I did not hide from humiliations and spit.
7 · This verse (above)
8Near is he who declares me righteous; who will contend with me? Let us stand up together; who is my adversary in judgment? Let him come near to me.