Isaiah
Isaiah 1:5
5Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep rebelling?
Your head has a massive wound,
and your whole heart is afflicted.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | עַ֣ל | ‘al | Preposition | H5921 height |
| do you want more | ע֖וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| beatings | תֻכּ֛וּ | ṯuk·kū | Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5221 smite |
| Why do you keep | תּוֹסִ֣יפוּ | tō·w·sî·p̄ū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3254 add |
| rebelling | סָרָ֑ה | sā·rāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5627 a turning aside, defection, apostasy, withdrawal |
| Your head | רֹ֣אשׁ | rōš | Noun - masculine singular | H7218 head |
| has a massive | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| wound | לָחֳלִ֔י | lā·ḥo·lî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H2483 sickness |
| and your whole | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| heart | לֵבָ֖ב | lê·ḇāḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| is afflicted | דַּוָּֽי׃ | daw·wāy | Adjective - masculine singular | H1742 faint |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Daniel 9:8–11 · Ezekiel 24:13 · Jeremiah 5:3 · Revelation 16:8–11 · Zephaniah 3:1–4 · Isaiah 31:6 · Jeremiah 5:31 · Jeremiah 2:30 · Hebrews 12:5–8 · Isaiah 33:24 · Jeremiah 9:3 · Jeremiah 6:28–30
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.