Study it in the app“One who slaughters the ox, one who strikes a man; one who sacrifices the lamb, one who breaks the neck of a dog; one who presents an offering, the blood of a pig; one who makes a memorial of frankincense, one who blesses wickedness. They too have chosen their ways, and in their detestable things their soul delights.”
One who slaughtersשׁוֹחֵטthe ox,הַשּׁוֹרone who strikesמַכֵּהa man;אִישׁone who sacrificesזוֹבֵחַthe lamb,הַשֶּׂהone who breaks the neckעֹרֵףof a dog;כֶּלֶבone who presentsמַעֲלֵהan offering,מִנְחָהthe bloodדַּםof a pig;חֲזִירone who makes a memorialמַזְכִּירof frankincense,לְבֹנָהone who blessesמְבָרֵךְwickedness.אָוֶןThey tooגַּם הֵמָּהhave chosenבָּחֲרוּtheir ways,בְּדַרְכֵיהֶםand in their detestable thingsוּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶםtheir soulנַפְשָׁםdelights.חָפֵצָה
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “shochet” appearsox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zoveach” appearslamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appearsbreak the neck
Break the neck of an animal.
Where else “oref” appearsdog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelev” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “maale” appearsoffering
An offering to God.
Where else “mincha” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearspig
Pig.
Where else “chazir” appearsremember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “mazkir” appearsfrankincense
Frankincense: a white resin that gives off sweet-smelling smoke when burned.
Where else “levona” appearsgreet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “mevarech” appearswickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appearschoose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bacharu” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appearsdetestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutse” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appearsdelight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafetsa” appearsThe Hebrew puts the two things side by side, without “like”: it can be understood that their sacrifice is worth the same as the crime, or that they do both. “Wickedness” is here an idol.
2And all these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares YHWH. But to this one I will look: to the afflicted and the stricken in spirit, and the one who trembles at my word.
3 · This verse (above)
4I too will choose their cruel dealings, and what they dread I will bring on them; because I called, and no one answered; I spoke, and they did not listen; and they did what was evil in my eyes, and they chose what I did not delight in.”
