Isaiah 59:3 Go deeper
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For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 1
כַפֵּיכֶם֙kha.pei.Khemhands your
Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 2
נְגֹאֲל֣וּne.go.'a.Luthey are defiled
Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1351
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to defile
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 2:62, Nehemiah 7:64, Isaiah 63:3, Lamentations 4:14, Daniel 1:8, Zephaniah 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1351; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 3
בַדָּ֔םva.Damwith <the> blood
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 4
וְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶ֖םve.'etz.be.'o.tei.Khemand fingers your
Lemma: אֶצְבַּע (ets.ba) · Strong's: H0676
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: finger
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 8:19, Exodus 29:12, Exodus 31:18, Leviticus 4:6, Leviticus 4:17, Leviticus 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0676; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 5
בֶּֽעָוֹ֑ןbe.'a.Vonwith <the> iniquity
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 6
שִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙sif.to.tei.Khemlips your
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: lips
Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 7
דִּבְּרוּ\־di.be.ru-they have spoken
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 8
שֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerfalsehood
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: deception
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 9
לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖םle.shon.Khemtongue your
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: tongue
Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 10
עַוְלָ֥ה'av.Lahinjustice
Lemma: עַוְלָה (av.lah) · Strong's: H5766B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: injustice
Used 31 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 5:16, Job 6:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5766B; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 11
תֶהְגֶּֽה\׃teh.Gehit mutters
Lemma: הָגָה (ha.gah) · Strong's: H1897
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to mutter
Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 1:8, Job 27:4, Psalms 1:2, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 35:28, Psalms 37:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1897; TAHOT Isaiah 59:3 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| your hands | → | כַּף H3709G palm |
| are stained | → | גָּאַל H1351 to defile |
| with blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| and your fingers | → | אֶצְבַּע H0676 finger |
| with iniquity | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| your lips | → | שָׂפָה H8193G lips |
| have spoken | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| lies | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| and your tongue | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue |
| mutters | → | הָגָה H1897 to mutter |
| injustice | → | עַוְלָה H5766B injustice |
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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