And behindוְאַחַרthe doorהַדֶּלֶתand the doorpostוְהַמְּזוּזָהyou have setשַׂמְתְּyour memorial;זִכְרוֹנֵךְforכִּיaway from meמֵאִתִּיyou uncovered yourself,גִּלִּיתand went up,וַתַּעֲלִיyou widenedהִרְחַבְתְּyour bed;מִשְׁכָּבֵךְand you made a covenantוַתִּכְרָתfor yourselfלָךְwith them;מֵהֶםyou lovedאָהַבְתְּtheir bed;מִשְׁכָּבָםtheir handיָדyou gazed on.חָזִית
Isaiah 57:8
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 57:8, word by word
- the doorדֶּלֶתdelet
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delet” appears- and the doorpostמְּזוּזָהmezuza
doorpost
Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.
Where else “mezuza” appears- you have setשַׂמְתְּsamt
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samt” appears- your memorialזִכְרוֹנֵzichrone
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zichrone” appears- you uncovered yourselfגִּלִּיתgilit
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gilit” appears- and went upתַּעֲלִיtaali
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taali” appears- you widenedהִרְחַבְתְּhirchavt
make room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “hirchavt” appears- your bedמִשְׁכָּבֵmishkave
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkave” appears- and you made a covenantתִּכְרָתtichrat
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “tichrat” appears- you lovedאָהַבְתְּahavt
like
To like something.
Where else “ahavt” appears- their handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- you gazed onחָזִיתchazit
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chazit” appears
Translation note
Deuteronomy 6:9 commands writing YHWH’s words on the doorposts of the house; it can be understood that here the memorial is put there for something else. “Hand” may be a veiled way of speaking of sex.
The context
7On a mountain high and lifted up you have set your bed; also there you went up to sacrifice a sacrifice.
8 · This verse (above)
9And you went to the king with oil, and multiplied your perfumes; and you sent your messengers far away, and lowered yourself down to Sheol.