Isaiah 47:2 Go deeper
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Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (KJV)
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קְחִ֥יke.Chitake
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 1
רֵחַ֖יִםre.Cha.yima hand-mill
Lemma: רֵחֶה (re.cheh) · Strong's: H7347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)
Meaning: millstone
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 11:5, Numbers 11:8, Deuteronomy 24:6, Jeremiah 25:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7347; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 2
וְטַ֣חֲנִיve.Ta.cha.niand grind
Lemma: טָחַן (ta.chan) · Strong's: H2912
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to grind
Used 8 times. Also: Exodus 32:20, Numbers 11:8, Deuteronomy 9:21, Judges 16:21, Job 31:10, Ecclesiastes 12:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2912; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 3
קָ֑מַחKa.machflour
Lemma: קֶ֫מַח (qe.mach) · Strong's: H7058
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: flour
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 18:6, Numbers 5:15, Judges 6:19, 1 Samuel 1:24, 1 Samuel 28:24, 2 Samuel 17:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7058; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 4
גַּלִּ֨יga.Liuncover
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpv2fs)
Meaning: to reveal: uncover
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Exodus 20:26, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540I; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 5
צַמָּתֵ֧ךְtza.ma.Tekhveil your
Lemma: צַמָּה (tsam.mah) · Strong's: H6777
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: veil
Used 4 times. Also: Song of Solomon 4:1, Song of Solomon 4:3, Song of Solomon 6:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6777; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 6
חֶשְׂפִּי\־ches.pi-strip off
Lemma: חָשַׂף (cha.saph) · Strong's: H2834
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to strip
Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 29:9, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 52:10, Jeremiah 13:26, Jeremiah 49:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2834; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 7
שֹׁ֛בֶלShoela skirt
Lemma: שֹׁ֫בֶל (sho.vel) · Strong's: H7640
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: skirt
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7640; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 8
גַּלִּי\־ga.li-uncover
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpv2fs)
Meaning: to reveal: uncover
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Exodus 20:26, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540I; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 9
שׁ֖וֹקShoka leg
Lemma: שׁוֹק (shoq) · Strong's: H7785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: leg
Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 29:22, Exodus 29:27, Leviticus 7:32, Leviticus 7:33, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 8:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7785; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 10
עִבְרִ֥י'iv.Ripass through
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 11
נְהָרֽוֹת\׃ne.ha.Rotrivers
Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: river
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Isaiah 47:2 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| millstones | → | רֵחֶה H7347 millstone |
| and grind | → | טָחַן H2912 to grind |
| flour | → | קֶ֫מַח H7058 flour |
| remove | → | גָּלָה H1540I to reveal: uncover |
| your veil | → | צַמָּה H6777 veil |
| strip off | → | חָשַׂף H2834 to strip |
| your skirt | → | שֹׁ֫בֶל H7640 skirt |
| bare | → | גָּלָה H1540I to reveal: uncover |
| your thigh | → | שׁוֹק H7785 leg |
| [and] wade through | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| the streams | → | נָהָר H5104H river |
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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