Whyמַדּוּעַis your apparelלִלְבוּשֶׁךָred,אָדֹםand your garmentsוּבְגָדֶיךָlikeכְּthose of one who treadsדֹרֵךְin the winepress?בְּגַת
Isaiah 63:2
Study it in the app“Why is your apparel red, and your garments like those of one who treads in the winepress?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 63:2, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- is your apparelלְבוּשֶׁlevushe
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levushe” appears- redאָדֹםadom
red
Red, reddish.
Where else “adom” appears- and your garmentsבְגָדֶיvegade
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vegade” appears- those of one who treadsדֹרֵךְdorech
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “dorech” appears- in the winepressגַתgat
winepress
Winepress: the place, cut in the rock, where grapes are trodden to get the wine.
Where else “gat” appears
The context
1Who is this who comes from Edom, with garments dyed red from Bozrah, this one glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, great to save.”
2 · This verse (above)
3“The winepress I have trodden alone, and from the peoples there was no man with me; and I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their juice spattered on my garments, and all my clothing I have stained.