Isaiah 55:1

““Ho! All who are thirsty, come to the waters! And the one who has no silver, come, buy and eat; come, buy without silver and without price wine and milk.”

Isaiah 55:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 55:1, word by word

“Hoהוֹיhoy

ho

A shout to call someone to pay attention or come.

Where else “hoy” appears
who are thirstyצָמֵאtsame

thirsty

Thirsty; said of land, dry.

Where else “tsame” appears
comeלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lechu” appears
to the watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
silverכָּסֶףkasef

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

Where else “kasef” appears
buyשִׁבְרוּshivru

buy grain

To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.

Where else “shivru” appears
and eatאֱכֹלוּecholu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echolu” appears
priceמְחִירmechir

price, payment

Price, payment.

Where else “mechir” appears
wineיַיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
and milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

Where else “chalav” appears

Translation note

“Ho!” translates the same word that elsewhere is “woe!”; here it is a call to come.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and the fruit of your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness.

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