thusכֹּהsaysאָמַרyour LordאֲדֹנַיִךְYHWH,יְהוָהand your Elohim,וֵאלֹהַיִךְwho defends the causeיָרִיבof his people:עַמּוֹ“Look,הִנֵּהI have takenלָקַחְתִּיfrom your handמִיָּדֵךְthe cupאֶת כּוֹסof reeling,הַתַּרְעֵלָהthe gobletאֶת קֻבַּעַתof the cupכּוֹסof my fury;חֲמָתִיyou will notלֹאdrink itלִשְׁתּוֹתָהּeverתוֹסִיפִיagain.עוֹד
Isaiah 51:22
Study it in the app“thus says your Lord YHWH, and your Elohim, who defends the cause of his people: “Look, I have taken from your hand the cup of reeling, the goblet of the cup of my fury; you will not drink it ever again.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:22, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- your Lordאֲדֹנַיִadonayi
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adonayi” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and your Elohimאלֹהַיִlohayi
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohayi” appears- who defends the causeיָרִיבyariv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “yariv” appears- of his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- I have takenלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakachti” appears- from your handיָּדֵyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- of reelingתַּרְעֵלָהtarela
staggering
Staggering, reeling like a drunkard. "Wine of staggering": a drink that makes one reel.
Where else “tarela” appears- the gobletקֻבַּעַתkubaat
goblet, bowl
A goblet, a deep cup or bowl.
Where else “kubaat” appears- of my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears- drink itשְׁתּוֹתָshetota
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetota” appears- everתוֹסִיפִיtosifi
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifi” appears
The context
21Therefore hear now this, afflicted one and drunk, but not with wine:
22 · This verse (above)
23And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who said to your soul, ‘Bow down, and we will pass over’; and you made your back like the ground and like the street for those who passed over.”