Isaiah 1:17 Go deeper

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (KJV)

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לִמְד֥וּlim.Du<you> learn

Lemma: לָמַד (la.mad) · Strong's: H3925H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to learn: learn

Used 23 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 17:19, Deuteronomy 18:9, Deuteronomy 31:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3925H; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 1

הֵיטֵ֛בhei.Tevto do good

Lemma: יָטַב (ya.tav) · Strong's: H3190

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVhaa)

Meaning: be good

Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 34:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3190; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 2

דִּרְשׁ֥וּdir.Shuseek

Lemma: דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) · Strong's: H1875

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to seek

Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 18:15, Leviticus 10:16, Deuteronomy 4:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1875; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 3

מִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.Patjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 4

אַשְּׁר֣וּ'a.she.Ruset right

Lemma: אָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H0833

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)

Meaning: to bless

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 30:13, Job 29:11, Psalms 72:17, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 4:14, Proverbs 9:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0833; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 5

חָמ֑וֹץcha.Motz[the] oppressor

Lemma: חָמוֹץ (cha.mots) · Strong's: H2541

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: oppression

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2541; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 6

שִׁפְט֣וּshif.Tuvindicate

Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to judge

Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 7

יָת֔וֹםya.Tom[the] fatherless

Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: orphan

Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 8

רִ֖יבוּRi.vuconduct a case for

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to contend

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 9

אַלְמָנָֽה\׃\ \ס'al.ma.Nah[the] widow

Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: widow

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT Isaiah 1:17 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Learn	→	לָמַד H3925H to learn: learn
to do right	→	יָטַב H3190 be good
seek	→	דָּרַשׁ H1875 to seek
justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
[and] correct	→	אָשַׁר H0833 to bless
the oppressor	→	חָמוֹץ H2541 oppression
Defend	→	שָׁפַט H8199 to judge
the fatherless	→	יָתוֹם H3490 orphan
[and] plead the case	→	רִיב H7378 to contend
of the widow	→	אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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