Isaiah

Isaiah 22:4

⁴Therefore I said,

“Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly!

Do not try to console me

over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
I said	אָמַ֛רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Turn away	שְׁע֥וּ	šə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8159 gaze
from me	מִנִּ֖י	min·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
let me weep	בַּבֶּ֑כִי	bab·be·ḵî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1065 weeping
bitterly	אֲמָרֵ֣ר	’ă·mā·rêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H4843 be bitter
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
try	תָּאִ֣יצוּ	tā·’î·ṣū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H213 press, be pressed, make haste
to console me	לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי	lə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the destruction	שֹׁ֖ד	šōḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּֽי׃	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.