transgressingפָּשֹׁעַand denyingוְכַחֵשׁYHWH,בַּיהוָהand turning awayוְנָסוֹגfrom followingמֵאַחַרour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּspeakingדַּבֶּרoppressionעֹשֶׁקand rebellion,וְסָרָהconceivingהֹרוֹand mutteringוְהֹגוֹfrom the heartמִלֵּבwordsדִּבְרֵיof falsehood.שָׁקֶר
Isaiah 59:13
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With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:13, word by word
- transgressingפָּשֹׁעַpashoa
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “pashoa” appears- and denyingכַחֵשׁchachesh
deny
To say what is not so, or deny what is true.
Where else “chachesh” appears- YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- and turning awayנָסוֹגnasog
move back
To go back; also be driven back.
Where else “nasog” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- speakingדַּבֶּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- oppressionעֹשֶׁקoshek
oppression, extortion
Oppression; what is gained by taking advantage of another.
Where else “oshek” appears- and rebellionסָרָהsara
rebellion
Moving away from God, rising up against him.
Where else “sara” appears- conceivingהֹרוֹhoro
conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “horo” appears- and mutteringהֹגוֹhogo
mutter
To say something softly.
Where else “hogo” appears- from the heartלֵּבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of falsehoodשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears
The context
12For our transgressions are many before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and our iniquities, we know them:
13 · This verse (above)
14And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off; for truth has stumbled in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.