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But the wickedוְהָרְשָׁעִיםare like the tossingנִגְרָשׁsea,כַּיָּםforכִּיit cannotלֹא יוּכָלbe quiet,הַשְׁקֵטand its watersוַ מֵימָיוtoss upיִּגְרְשׁוּmireרֶפֶשׁand mud.וָטִיט
Isaiah 57:20
Study it in the app“But the wicked are like the tossing sea, for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 57:20, word by word
- But the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- are like the tossingנִגְרָשׁnigrash
toss up
To toss up, as the sea tosses up mud.
Where else “nigrash” appears- seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- it cannotיוּכָלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- be quietהַשְׁקֵטhashket
be at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “hashket” appears- and its watersמֵימָיmemay
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “memay” appears- mireרֶפֶשׁrefesh
mud
Mud, mire stirred up.
Where else “refesh” appears- and mudטִיטtit
mud, clay
Mud, clay; the mire of the streets or of the bottom of a pit. Also the potter's clay.
Where else “tit” appears
The context
19creating the fruit of the lips: ‘Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,’ says YHWH; and I will heal him.”
20 · This verse (above)
21“There is no peace,” says my Elohim, “for the wicked.”