Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- רָחֵלrâchêla ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
- אָלַםʼâlamto tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
- טֶבַחṭebachproperly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butche
- גַּזָזgazâzto cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an ene
- יָבַלyâbalproperly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- שֶׂהseha member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
- עָנָהʻânâhto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications,
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Act 8:32–33, Mat 26:63, 1Pe 2:23, Mrk 14:61, Mat 27:12–14, Jhn 19:9, Luk 23:9, Mrk 15:5