Isaiah

Isaiah 57:8

8Behind the door and doorpost

you have set up your memorial.

Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed;

you climbed up and opened it wide.

And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved;

you have gazed upon their nakedness.

Read all of Isaiah 57

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.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Behindוְאַחַ֤רwə·’a·ḥarConjunctive waw; AdverbH310 behind
the doorהַדֶּ֙לֶת֙had·de·leṯArticle; Noun - feminine singularH1817 door
and doorpostוְהַמְּזוּזָ֔הwə·ham·mə·zū·zāhConjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singularH4201 door-post, gate-post
you have set upשַׂ֖מְתְּśamtVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularH7760 put, place, set
your memorialזִכְרוֹנֵ֑ךְziḵ·rō·w·nêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH2146 memorial, remembrance
Forsaking Meכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
you uncoveredגִּלִּ֣יתgil·lîṯVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singularH1540 uncover, remove
your bedמִשְׁכָּבֵךְ֙miš·kā·ḇêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying
you climbed upוַֽתַּעֲלִ֗יwat·ta·‘ă·lîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singularH5927 go up, ascend, climb
and opened it wideהִרְחַ֤בְתְּhir·ḥaḇtVerb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singularH7337 be, or grow, wide, large
And you have made a pactוַתִּכְרָת־wat·tiḵ·rāṯ-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singularH3772 cut off, cut down
with thoseלָ֣ךְlāḵPreposition; second person feminine singular
whose bedמִשְׁכָּבָ֖םmiš·kā·ḇāmNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying
you have lovedאָהַ֥בְתְּ’ā·haḇtVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularH157 love
you have gazedחָזִֽית׃ḥā·zîṯVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularH2372 see, behold
upon their nakednessיָ֥דyāḏNoun - feminine singularH3027 hand

Cross-references

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

Ezekiel 8:8–12 · Ezekiel 16:32 · Ezekiel 16:25–28 · Ezekiel 23:2–20 · Ezekiel 23:41

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.