Isaiah 58:1

““Cry out with full throat; do not hold back; like the horn lift up your voice, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.”

Isaiah 58:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 58:1, word by word

“Cry outקְרָאkera

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

Where else “kera” appears
with full throatגָרוֹןgaron

throat

Throat: the part of the neck through which the voice passes and what is swallowed.

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hold backתַּחְשֹׂךְtachsoch

hold back

To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.

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like the hornשּׁוֹפָרshofar

horn (shofar)

Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.

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lift upהָרֵםharem

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

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your voiceקוֹלֶkole

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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and declareהַגֵּדhaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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to my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
their transgressionפִּשְׁעָpisha

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

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and to the houseבֵיתvet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “vet” appears
of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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their sinsחַטֹּאתָchatota

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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2Yet they seek me day after day, and they desire to know my ways, like a nation that had done righteousness and had not forsaken the justice of its Elohim; they ask me for judgments of righteousness; they desire the nearness of Elohim.

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