Isaiah 3:16
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
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ASV
Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
KJV
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| יַ֚עַן | Ya.'an | because | H3282 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| גָֽבְהוּ֙ | ga.ve.Hu | they are haughty | H1361 → |
| בְּנ֣וֹת | be.Not | [the] daughters of | H1323 → |
| צִיּ֔וֹן | tzi.Yon | Zion | H6726 → |
| וַתֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙ | va.te.Lakh.nah | and they have walked | H1980 → |
| נְטוּי֣וֹת | ne.tv.Vot | stretched out | H5186 → |
| גָּר֔וֹן | ga.Ron | of neck | H1627 → |
| וּֽמְשַׂקְּר֖וֹת | u.me.sa.ke.Rot | and making seductive glances | H8265 → |
| עֵינָ֑יִם | 'ei.Na.yim | of eyes | H5869 → |
| הָל֤וֹךְ | ha.Lokh | walking | H1980 → |
| וְטָפֹף֙ | ve.ta.Fof | and mincing along | H2952 → |
| תֵּלַ֔כְנָה | te.Lakh.nah | they walk | H1980 → |
| וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם | u.ve.rag.lei.Hem | and on feet their | H7272 → |
| תְּעַכַּֽסְנָה׃ | te.'a.Kas.nah | they tinkle with anklets | H5913 → |
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