Isaiah
Isaiah 47:2
2Take millstones and grind flour;
remove your veil;
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
and wade through the streams.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take | קְחִ֥י | qə·ḥî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H3947 take |
| millstones | רֵחַ֖יִם | rê·ḥa·yim | Noun - md | H7347 mill |
| and grind | וְטַ֣חֲנִי | wə·ṭa·ḥă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H2912 grind |
| flour | קָ֑מַח | qā·maḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H7058 flour, meal |
| remove | גַּלִּ֨י | gal·lî | Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular | H1540 uncover, remove |
| your veil | צַמָּתֵ֧ךְ | ṣam·mā·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H6777 woman's veil |
| strip off | חֶשְׂפִּי־ | ḥeś·pî- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H2834 strip off, strip, make bare |
| your skirt | שֹׁ֛בֶל | šō·ḇel | Noun - masculine singular | H7640 flowing skirt, train |
| bare | גַּלִּי־ | gal·lî- | Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular | H1540 uncover, remove |
| your thigh | שׁ֖וֹק | šō·wq | Noun - feminine singular | H7785 leg |
| wade through | עִבְרִ֥י | ‘iḇ·rî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| the streams | נְהָרֽוֹת׃ | nə·hā·rō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H5104 stream, river |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 11:5 · Matthew 24:41 · Isaiah 20:4 · Judges 16:21 · Genesis 24:65 · Ezekiel 16:37–39 · Luke 17:35 · Isaiah 32:11 · Nahum 3:5–6 · Job 31:10 · Hosea 2:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.