Isaiah 10:1 Go deeper
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; (KJV)
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ה֥וֹיHowoe to!
Lemma: הוֹי (hoy) · Strong's: H1945
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 51 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:30, Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1945; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 1
הַחֹֽקְקִ֖יםha.cho.ke.Kimthose [who] decree
Lemma: חָקַק (cha.qaq) · Strong's: H2710
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to decree
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Numbers 21:18, Deuteronomy 33:21, Judges 5:9, Judges 5:14, Job 19:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2710; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 2
חִקְקֵי\־chi.kei-decrees of
Lemma: חֵקֶק (che.qeq) · Strong's: H2711
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: decree
Used 2 times. Also: Judges 5:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2711; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 3
אָ֑וֶן'A.venwickedness
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evil: wickedness
Used 66 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:23, Job 4:8, Job 11:11, Job 11:14, Job 15:35, Job 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205G; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 4
וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥יםu.me.kha.te.Vimand writers
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 5
עָמָ֖ל'a.Mal[who] trouble
Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: trouble
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 6
כִּתֵּֽבוּ\׃ki.Te.vuthey wrote
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT Isaiah 10:1 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Woe | → | הוֹי H1945 woe! |
| to those who enact | → | חָקַק H2710 to decree |
| unjust | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness |
| statutes | → | חֵקֶק H2711 decree |
| and issue | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
| oppressive | → | עָמָל H5999 trouble |
| decrees | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
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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