Isaiah

Isaiah 3:15

¹⁵Why do you crush My people

and grind the faces of the poor?”

declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	מַלָּכֶם	mal·lå̄·ḵɛm	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do you crush	תְּדַכְּא֣וּ	tə·ḏak·kə·’ū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H1792 crush
My people	עַמִּ֔י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
and grind	תִּטְחָ֑נוּ	tiṭ·ḥā·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2912 grind
the faces	וּפְנֵ֥י	ū·p̄ə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the poor	עֲנִיִּ֖ים	‘ă·nî·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֥י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָאֽוֹת׃ס	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.