And I will put itוְשַׂמְתִּיהָinto the handבְּיַדof those who afflict you,מוֹגַיִךְwhoאֲשֶׁרsaidאָמְרוּto your soul,לְנַפְשֵׁךְ‘Bow down,שְׁחִיand we will pass over’;וְנַעֲבֹרָהand you madeוַתָּשִׂימִיyour backגֵּוֵךְlike the groundכָאָרֶץand like the streetוְכַחוּץfor those who passed over.”לַעֹבְרִים
Isaiah 51:23
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:23, word by word
- And I will put itשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of those who afflict youמוֹגַיִmogayi
grieve, torment
To grieve, to cause sorrow, to afflict.
Where else “mogayi” appears- saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- to your soulנַפְשֵׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears- ‘Bow downשְׁחִיshechi
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “shechi” appears- and we will pass over’נַעֲבֹרָהnaavora
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “naavora” appears- your backגֵּוֵgeve
back
The back of the body, where the blows of punishment fell.
Where else “geve” appears- like the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- and like the streetחוּץchuts
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chuts” appears
The context
22thus 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.
23 · This verse (above)