“Ho!הוֹיAllכָּלwho are thirsty,צָמֵאcomeלְכוּto the waters!לַמַּיִםAnd the one whoוַאֲשֶׁרhas noאֵין לוֹsilver,כָּסֶףcome,לְכוּbuyשִׁבְרוּand eat;וֶאֱכֹלוּcome,וּלְכוּbuyשִׁבְרוּwithoutבְּלוֹאsilverכֶסֶףand withoutוּבְלוֹאpriceמְחִירwineיַיִןand milk.וְחָלָב
Isaiah 55:1
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.