Isaiah 57:8

“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.”

Isaiah 57:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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your memorialזִכְרוֹנֵzichrone

memorial

Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.

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you uncovered yourselfגִּלִּיתgilit

uncover

To remove what covers, leaving something in view.

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and went upתַּעֲלִיtaali

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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you widenedהִרְחַבְתְּhirchavt

make room, enlarge

Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.

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your bedמִשְׁכָּבֵmishkave

bed

The place in the house for sleeping and resting.

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and you made a covenantתִּכְרָתtichrat

make a covenant

Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.

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you lovedאָהַבְתְּahavt

like

To like something.

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their handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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you gazed onחָזִיתchazit

gaze

To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.

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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.

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