Isaiahchapter 46
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Isaiah 46— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Bel Bows Down: Gods Carried, or a God Who Carries1
Isaiah 46:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 46:1
Bel squats; Nebo soils himself The deities of Babylon squatted and soiled themselves. This is an expression of ridicule of the idols, like one who suffers from diarrhea and does not manage to sit down on the seat in the privy before he discharges with a splash.
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Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 46:1
Bel is bowed down, Nebo is cut down. Their images are in the likeness of serpents and beasts. The burdens of your idols shall be heavy upon those who carry them; because they be exhausted
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Isaiah 46:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 46:2
they could not deliver the burden to discharge the feces in their bowels as others discharge, in the normal manner.
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Isaiah 46:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Declaring the End from the Beginning8
Isaiah 46:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 46:10
[I] tell the end from the beginning The Egyptian exile and its redemption I announced in the Covenant between the Segments, before they came about.
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Isaiah 46:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Isaiah 46:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 46:12
stout-hearted You who have strengthened your heart among the heathens (the nations [Parshandatha, K’li Paz]) and have clung to Me.
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Isaiah 46:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Isaiah 46:13
I have brought near My righteousness from now on, and it will not be far off.
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