Study it in the app“And we have become like the unclean, all of us, and like a garment of menstruation all our acts of righteousness; and we wither like the leaf, all of us, and our iniquities like the wind carry us away.”
And we have becomeוַנְּהִיlike the unclean,כַטָּמֵאall of us,כֻּלָּנוּand like a garmentוּכְבֶגֶדof menstruationעִדִּיםallכָּלour acts of righteousness;צִדְקֹתֵינוּand we witherוַנָּבֶלlike the leaf,כֶּעָלֶהall of us,כֻּלָּנוּand our iniquitiesוַעֲוֺנֵנוּlike the windכָּרוּחַcarry us away.יִשָּׂאֻנוּ
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “nehi” appearsdefiled
Stained by sin: "unclean lips".
Where else “tame” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “veged” appearsmenstruation
Menstruation; "a menstrual garment" is clothing unclean under the law.
Where else “idim” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkote” appearswither
To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.
Where else “navel” appearsleaf
Leaf; foliage.
Where else “ale” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisau” appears“Garment of menstruation”: the clothing that, according to the law, became unclean (Leviticus 15:19-24).
5You meet the one who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Look, you were angry, and we sinned; in them from of old, and we will be saved.
6 · This verse (above)
7And there is no one who calls on your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have melted us by the hand of our iniquities.
