Isaiah 51:23

“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.””

Isaiah 51:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 51:23, word by word

And I will put itשַׂמְתִּיsamti

put

To put something somewhere.

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into the handיַדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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of those who afflict youמוֹגַיִmogayi

grieve, torment

To grieve, to cause sorrow, to afflict.

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saidאָמְרוּamru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to your soulנַפְשֵׁnafshe

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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‘Bow downשְׁחִיshechi

bow down

To bow to the ground before someone in respect.

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and we will pass over’נַעֲבֹרָהnaavora

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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your backגֵּוֵgeve

back

The back of the body, where the blows of punishment fell.

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like the groundאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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and like the streetחוּץchuts

street

The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.

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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)

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