Isaiah 57:6
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?”
שָׁפַךְ
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
עָלָה
you have offered up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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גּוֹרָל
are allotted portion/ your
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גּוֹרָל
are allotted portion/ your
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
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נַחַל
the wadi
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נַחַל
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
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מִנְחָה
a grain offering
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מִנְחָה
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָחַם
will I relent
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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חֵלֶק
portion/ your
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חֵלֶק
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
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נֶסֶךְ
a drink offering
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נֶסֶךְ
a libation; also a cast idol
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