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Whomעַל מִיare you mocking?תִּתְעַנָּגוּAgainst whomעַל מִיdo you open wideתַּרְחִיבוּthe mouthפֶהand stick outתַּאֲרִיכוּthe tongue?לָשׁוֹןAre you notהֲלוֹא אַתֶּםchildrenיִלְדֵיof transgression,פֶשַׁעoffspringזֶרַעof falsehood,שָׁקֶר
Isaiah 57:4
Study it in the app“Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide the mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 57:4, word by word
- are you mockingתִּתְעַנָּגוּtitanagu
mock
To laugh at someone with contempt, making him the butt of jokes.
Where else “titanagu” appears- do you open wideתַּרְחִיבוּtarchivu
make room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “tarchivu” appears- the mouthפֶהfe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fe” appears- and stick outתַּאֲרִיכוּtaarichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “taarichu” appears- the tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “lashon” appears- childrenיִלְדֵיyilde
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yilde” appears- of transgressionפֶשַׁעfesha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “fesha” appears- offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of falsehoodשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears
The context
3“But you, come near here, sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and of her who prostitutes herself.
4 · This verse (above)
5who inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree, who slaughter the children in the streambeds, under the clefts of the rocks?