Study it in the app“For my people has forgotten me; to what is vain they burn incense, and they have made them stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in byways, a road not built up,”
Forכִּיmy peopleעַמִּיhas forgotten me;שְׁכֵחֻנִיto what is vainלַשָּׁוְאthey burn incense,יְקַטֵּרוּand they have made them stumbleוַיַּכְשִׁלוּםin their ways,בְּדַרְכֵיהֶםthe ancientעוֹלָםpaths,שְׁבִילֵיto walkלָלֶכֶתin byways,נְתִיבוֹתa roadדֶּרֶךְnotלֹאbuilt up,סְלוּלָה
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsforget
Forget.
Where else “shechechu” appearsemptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appearsburn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “yekateru” appearsstumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “yachshilu” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appearspath
A path, a narrow way to pass through.
Where else “shevile” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appearspath
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivot” appearsbuild up
To build up and level a road by clearing the stones.
Where else “selula” appears14Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the field? Or are the foreign, cold, flowing waters uprooted?
15 · This verse (above)
16to make their land a horror, a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and shake his head.
