Isaiah 53:3

“Despised and rejected by men, a man of pains and acquainted with sickness; and like one from whom the face is hidden, despised, and we did not esteem him.”

Isaiah 53:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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The despised servant carries our sorrows and sicknessesThe CrossIsaiah speaks of a “man of pains” who bore our painsSuffering and Trials

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Isaiah 53:3, word by word

Despisedנִבְזֶהnivze

despise

Despise, think little of.

Where else “nivze” appears
and rejectedחֲדַלchadal

rejected

Set aside, despised.

Where else “chadal” appears
by menאִישִׁיםishim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ishim” appears
of painsמַכְאֹבוֹתmachovot

pain

Pain, suffering.

Where else “machovot” appears
and acquaintedידוּעַydua

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “ydua” appears
with sicknessחֹלִיcholi

sickness

Sickness, disease; also suffering.

Where else “choli” appears
the faceפָּנִיםpanim

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “panim” appears
is hiddenמַסְתֵּרmaster

hiding (the face)

A hiding (of the face), turning away from someone.

Where else “master” appears
esteem himחֲשַׁבְנֻchashavnu

think

To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.

Where else “chashavnu” appears

The context

2And he grew up like a young shoot before him, and like a root from a dry land; he had no form nor majesty that we should look at him, nor appearance that we should desire him.

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4Surely our sicknesses he carried, and our pains he bore them; yet we considered him stricken, struck by Elohim and afflicted.

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