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Forכִּיyour palmsכַפֵּיכֶםare stainedנְגֹאֲלוּwith blood,בַדָּםand your fingersוְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶםwith iniquity;בֶּעָוֺןyour lipsשִׂפְתוֹתֵיכֶםhave spokenדִּבְּרוּfalsehood;שֶׁקֶרyour tongueלְשׁוֹנְכֶםmuttersתֶהְגֶּהinjustice.עַוְלָה
Isaiah 59:3
Study it in the app“For your palms are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken falsehood; your tongue mutters injustice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:3, word by word
- your palmsכַפֵּיchape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chape” appears- are stainedנְגֹאֲלוּnegoalu
defile
To soil something or someone, leaving it unclean before God.
Where else “negoalu” appears- with bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- and your fingersאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיetsbote
finger
Finger; also toe.
Where else “etsbote” appears- with iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- your lipsשִׂפְתוֹתֵיsiftote
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “siftote” appears- have spokenדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- your tongueלְשׁוֹנְleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- muttersתֶהְגֶּהtehge
mutter
To say something softly.
Where else “tehge” appears- injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears
The context
2But your iniquities have been what separates between you and your Elohim, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
3 · This verse (above)
4There is no one who calls with righteousness, and no one who pleads his case with faithfulness; they trust in emptiness and speak falsehood; they conceive suffering and give birth to wickedness.