KJV: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
YLT: Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
Darby: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
ASV: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
| שִׁמְעוּ־ | Hear |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey. |
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| נָ֣א | now |
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Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please. |
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| זֹ֗את | this |
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Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such. |
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| רָאשֵׁי֙ | You heads |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning. |
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| בֵּ֣ית | of the house |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house. |
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| יַעֲקֹ֔ב | of Jacob |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. |
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| וּקְצִינֵ֖י | and rulers |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: קָצִין Sense: chief, ruler, commander. |
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| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | of Israel |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel. |
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| הַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣ים | who abhor |
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Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural Root: תָּעַב Sense: to abhor, be abominable, do abominably. |
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| מִשְׁפָּ֔ט | justice |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁפָּט Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance. |
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| הַיְשָׁרָ֖ה | equity |
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Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: יָשָׁר Sense: straight, upright, correct, right. |
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| יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ | pervert |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָקַשׁ Sense: to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse. |
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