Original Language Studio

Isaiah 24:23

“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” (KJV)

Tap a word · read right to left

Lexical meaning

חָפֵרchâphêr · khaw-fare'
H2659 · Hebrew

Definition: to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
KJV renderings: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
חָֽפְרָה֙ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3fs
Usage: Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 6:20 Psalms 34:6 Psalms 35:4 Psalms 35:26 Psalms 40:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָפֵר here.

Verse 22

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.