King James Version

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

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קְחִ֥יqechitakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “take”, a commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.רֵחַ֖יִםrechayimmillרֵחֶהnoun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “mill”, the ordinary formH7347a mill-stonemill (stone).וְטַ֣חֲנִיvetachaniand grindטָחַןconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and grind”, a commandH2912to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)grind(-er).קָ֑מַחqamachflourקֶמַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flour”, the ordinary formH7058flourflour, meal.גַּלִּ֨יgaliexileגָּלָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “exile”, a commandH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.צַמָּתֵ֧ךְtsamatekhelocksצַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “locks”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6777a veillocks.חֶשְׂפִּיchespimake bareחָשַׂףverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “make bare”, a commandH2834to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.שֹׁ֛בֶלshovellegשֹׁבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leg”, the ordinary formH7640a lady's train (as trailing after her)leg.גַּלִּיgaliexileגָּלָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “exile”, a commandH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.שׁ֖וֹקshoqlegשׁוֹקnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “leg”, the ordinary formH7785the (lower) leg (as a runner)hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.עִבְרִ֥יivrialienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “alienate”, a commandH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…נְהָרֽוֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

Young’s Literal Translation

Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.

World English Bible

Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.

Darby Translation

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:

Douay-Rheims

Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Take a millstone, grind meal: remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs, make bare the leg, pass through the rivers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λάβε μύλον, ἄλεσον ἄλευρον, ἀποκὸλυψαι τὸ κατακάλυμμά σου, ἀνακάλυψαι τὰς πολιὰς, ἀνάσυρε τὰς κνήμας, διάβηθι ποταμούς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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