Isaiah

Isaiah 50:1

¹This is what the LORD says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce

with which I sent her away?

Or to which of My creditors

did I sell you?

Look, you were sold for your iniquities,

and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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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
This is what	כֹּ֣ה׀	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
says	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Where	אֵ֣י	’ê	Interrogative	H335 where?
is your mother’s	אִמְּכֶם֙	’im·mə·ḵem	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H517 mother
certificate	סֵ֣פֶר	sê·p̄er	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5612 missive, document, writing, book
of divorce	כְּרִית֤וּת	kə·rî·ṯūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3748 divorcement
with which	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I sent her away	שִׁלַּחְתִּ֔יהָ	šil·laḥ·tî·hā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H7971 send
Or	א֚וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
to which	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
of My creditors	מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י	min·nō·wō·šay	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5383 lend, borrow
did I sell you	מָכַ֥רְתִּי	mā·ḵar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4376 sell
Look	הֵ֤ן	hên	Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
you were sold	נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֔ם	nim·kar·tem	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H4376 sell
for your iniquities	בַּעֲוֺנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙	ba·‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
and for your transgressions	וּבְפִשְׁעֵיכֶ֖ם	ū·ḇə·p̄iš·‘ê·ḵem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6588 transgression
your mother	אִמְּכֶֽם׃	’im·mə·ḵem	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H517 mother
was sent away	שֻׁלְּחָ֥ה	šul·lə·ḥāh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7971 send

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · Jeremiah 3:8 · Matthew 18:25 · 2 Kings 4:1 · Nehemiah 5:5 · Isaiah 52:3 · Deuteronomy 24:1–4 · Hosea 2:2–4 · Isaiah 59:1–2 · Psalm 44:12 · Jeremiah 3:1 · Mark 10:4–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.