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On a mountainעַל הַרhighגָּבֹהַּand lifted upוְנִשָּׂאyou have setשַׂמְתְּyour bed;מִשְׁכָּבֵךְalsoגַּםthereשָׁםyou went upעָלִיתto sacrificeלִזְבֹּחַa sacrifice.זָבַח
Isaiah 57:7
Study it in the app“On a mountain high and lifted up you have set your bed; also there you went up to sacrifice a sacrifice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 57:7, word by word
- On a mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- highגָּבֹהַּgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” appears- and lifted upנִשָּׂאnisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nisa” appears- you have setשַׂמְתְּsamt
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samt” appears- your bedמִשְׁכָּבֵmishkave
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkave” appears- you went upעָלִיתalit
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “alit” appears- to sacrificeזְבֹּחַzeboach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” appears- a sacrificeזָבַחzavach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appears
The context
6Among the smooth stones of the streambed is your portion; they, they are your lot; also to them you have poured out a libation, you have offered up an offering. With these things should I be appeased?
7 · This verse (above)
8And behind the door and the doorpost you have set your memorial; for away from me you uncovered yourself, and went up, you widened your bed; and you made a covenant for yourself with them; you loved their bed; their hand you gazed on.