Isaiah 47:2
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Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
In other translations
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
Hebrew words
קְחִיkechitakeH3947רֵחַיִםrechayima hand-millH7347וְטַחֲנִיvetachaniand grindH2912קָמַחkamachflourH7058גַּלִּיgaliuncoverH1540צַמָּתֵךְtzamatekhveil yourH6777חֶשְׂפִּי־chespi-strip offH2834שֹׁבֶלshoela skirtH7640גַּלִּי־gali-uncoverH1540שׁוֹקshoka legH7785עִבְרִי'ivripass throughH5674נְהָרוֹת׃neharotriversH5104
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