Isaiah 1:16 Go deeper
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; (KJV)
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רַחֲצוּ֙ra.cha.Tzuwash
Lemma: רָחַץ (ra.chats) · Strong's: H7364
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to wash: wash
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 43:24, Genesis 43:31, Exodus 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7364; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 1
הִזַּכּ֔וּhi.za.Kucleanse yourselves
Lemma: זָכָה (za.khah) · Strong's: H2135
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVtv2mp)
Meaning: to clean
Used 8 times. Also: Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 73:13, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2135; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 2
הָסִ֛ירוּha.Si.ruremove
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 3
רֹ֥עַRo.a'[the] wickedness of
Lemma: רֹעַ (ro.a) · Strong's: H7455
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: evil
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 41:19, Deuteronomy 28:20, 1 Samuel 17:28, Nehemiah 2:2, Psalms 28:4, Ecclesiastes 7:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7455; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 4
מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םma.'a.lei.Khemdeeds your
Lemma: מַעֲלָל (ma.a.lal) · Strong's: H4611
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: deed
Used 39 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:20, Judges 2:19, 1 Samuel 25:3, Nehemiah 9:35, Psalms 28:4, Psalms 77:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4611; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 5
מִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom before
Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 33:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 6
עֵינָ֑י'ei.Naieyes my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 7
חִדְל֖וּchid.Lucease
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 8
הָרֵֽעַ\׃ha.Re.a'to do evil
Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: be evil
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 19:7, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 31:7, Genesis 38:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7489A; TAHOT Isaiah 1:16 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Wash | → | רָחַץ H7364 to wash: wash |
| and cleanse yourselves | → | זָכָה H2135 to clean |
| Remove | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| your evil | → | רֹעַ H7455 evil |
| deeds | → | מַעֲלָל H4611 deed |
| from | → | נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before |
| My sight | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| Stop | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| doing evil | → | רָעַע H7489A be evil |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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