Isaiah 53:7–12

In its context

Its words in the original

• נִגַּשׂnigas· drive; taskmaster

  Drive, press hard; one who forces others to work, a taskmaster; also one who collects a debt.

• נַעֲנֶהnaane· afflict

  Afflict, oppress, make suffer; in a reflexive form, humble oneself, submit.

• יִפְתַּחyiftach· open, engrave

  Open; loosen, set free. In another form, engrave (cut lines in stone or metal).

• פִּיpi· mouth

  Mouth. Also what someone says or commands ("by the mouth of" = by the word of); the edge of a sword; "according to".

• שֶּׂהse· lamb, sheep

  One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.

• טֶּבַחtevach· slaughter; meat

  Animal slaughtered for food; also slaughter, butchery.

• יוּבָלyuval· bring, lead

  To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.

• רָחֵלrachel· ewe

  Ewe: a female sheep. It is the same word as the name "Rachel".

• פְנֵיfene· face, presence

  Face. From there "surface" (the face of something) and "presence" (being before someone's face); with a preposition it means "before" or "in front of".

• גֹזְזֶיgozze· shear

  Shear, cut the wool of sheep; also shave.

• נֶאֱלָמָהneelama· be mute; bind

  Be mute, fall silent. Also bind sheaves.

• עֹצֶרotser· restraint; barrenness

  Oppression, closing in; what presses or shuts. It is also said of the womb that has no children.

• מִּשְׁפָּטmishpat· justice, judgment

  What is right and the decision that establishes it: the judgment of a judge, someone's right, a rule or ordinance, a custom. "Do righteousness and justice" is to treat each one as is due.

• לֻקָּחlukach· take

  Take: seize, take along, receive. Also "take a wife" (marry).

• דּוֹרdor· generation

  Generation: the people who live in the same period; also an age, "all generations".

• יְשׂוֹחֵחַyesocheach· talk, meditate

  Speak of something, meditate, turn a matter over aloud or within oneself.

• נִגְזַרnigzar· cut, divide, decide

  Cut, split in two; hence to separate someone, to exclude, or to decide a matter.

• אֶרֶץerets· earth, land

  The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").

• חַיִּיםchayim· living, animal, life

  Living, alive; also fresh (of water). As a noun, "living thing" or "animal" (above all wild animals); in the plural, "life".

• פֶּשַׁעpesha· transgression

  A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

• עַמִּami· people

  People: a human group joined by kinship, history and destiny. "My people", said by God, is Israel. Also the people as a crowd, or troops.

• נֶגַעnega· plague, blow

  Plague, blow, stroke; also a mark of disease on the skin.

• יִּתֵּןyiten· give, put, set

  Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.

• רְשָׁעִיםreshaim· wicked

  Wicked: one who does evil and is guilty before God and before others.

• קִבְרkivr· tomb

  Tomb, grave.

• עָשִׁירashir· rich

  Rich.

• מֹתָיmotay· death

  Death; also the realm of the dead, or a deadly plague.

• חָמָסchamas· violence

  Violence; unjust harm done to others.

• עָשָׂהasa· do, make

  Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.

• מִרְמָהmirma· deceit

  Deceit, fraud, treachery.

• יהוָהyhva· YHWH

  The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

• חָפֵץchafets· desire, delight in

  Want, desire; be pleased with someone, delight in.

• דַּכְּאdak· crush

  To crush, to grind, to break in pieces. Said of things that crumble and of people who are oppressed or beaten down.

• הֶחֱלִיhecheli· be sick; entreat

  Be sick or weak. With "face", entreat: soften someone's face.

• תָּשִׂיםtasim· put, set

  Put, place, set; appoint, establish; make something into something.

• אָשָׁםasham· guilt; guilt offering

  Guilt: the liability for a wrong done. In the laws, also the guilt offering presented for that wrong.

• נַפְשׁnafsh· soul, living being, life

  A breathing being, a living being. It is translated "living being" (people and animals), "life" (when living or dying is at stake), "person" (in counts and laws), "soul" (the person at the innermost: desires, joy, anguish) or "myself". In the Old Testament it names the whole living being, not only a part of it.

• יִרְאֶהyire· see

  See. Also look, observe, notice, consider; in some forms, "appear" or "show".

• זֶרַעzera· offspring, seed

  Seed. From there "offspring": the children and generations that come from someone. Also sowing and semen.

• יַאֲרִיךְyaarich· be long, prolong

  Be long, last long; prolong.

• יָמִיםyamim· day

  Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").

• חֵפֶץchefets· delight, desire, matter

  Delight, pleasure, desire: what pleases someone. It can also be a valuable thing or a matter, an affair.

• יָדyad· hand, power

  Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.

• יִצְלָחyitslach· prosper, succeed

  Go well, succeed; in the causative form, make something succeed. Also rush upon someone (of the Spirit).

• עֲמַלamal· trouble, toil

  Hard work, trouble, suffering.

• יִשְׂבָּעyisba· be satisfied

  Be filled, be satisfied.

• דַעְתּdat· knowledge

  Knowledge: knowing something, and also knowing it by experience.

• יַצְדִּיקyatsdik· be righteous, justify

  Be in the right, be righteous; in another form, declare righteous, justify.

• צַדִּיקtsadik· righteous

  Righteous: one who does what is right before God and before others; just, innocent.

• עַבְדִּavdi· slave, servant

  Slave, servant: someone who belongs to another or is in his service. It can be a slave, a worker or a high official of the king; before God, one who serves him. "Your servant" is a polite way to say "I".

• רַבִּיםrabim· many, great

  Many, much, abundant, great; also "elder" or "chief".

• עֲוֺנֹתָavonota· iniquity

  Iniquity: wickedness, a serious wrong. The same word covers the wrong, the guilt it leaves and the punishment it brings.

• יִסְבֹּלyisbol· carry, bear a load

  Carry a load, bear a burden.

• אֲחַלֶּקachalek· divide

  Divide, share out, apportion; also be smooth (flatter).

• עֲצוּמִיםatsumim· mighty, numerous

  Strong, mighty; numerous.

• שָׁלָלshalal· spoil, plunder

  Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.

• הֶעֱרָהheera· empty, lay bare

  Empty, pour out; lay bare.

• פֹּשְׁעִיםposhim· transgress, rebel

  Transgress: to break with the authority one owes loyalty to; to rebel, to commit a serious offense. From this root comes "transgression."

• נִמְנָהnimna· count

  Count, number how many there are; also appoint.

• חֵטְאchet· offense, sin

  Offense, sin; its penalty.

• נָשָׂאnasa· lift, carry, bear

  Lift up, carry, bear. "Bear sin" is to suffer its consequences; said of God, "taking away" sin is forgiving it. "Lift up the eyes" is to look.

• יַפְגִּיעַyafgia· meet, intercede

  Meet someone, come upon; also fall upon (attack). With "for me", intercede: speak to another on someone's behalf.