Isaiah 4:1
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
שֵׁם
name/ your
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שֵׁם
Name, character, reputation. Shem. Not just a label but the full character of a person. The name of the LORD is a strong tower. Run to it.
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קָרָא
let it be called
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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עַל
on/ us
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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לָבַשׁ
we will wear
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לָבַשׁ
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
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רַק
only
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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חֶרְפָּה
reproach/ our
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חֶרְפָּה
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
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