Deuteronomy 28:29

“And you will be groping at noon, as the blind man gropes in the darkness, and you will not prosper your ways; and you will be only oppressed and robbed all the days, and there will be no one to save you.”

Deuteronomy 28:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:29, word by word

And you will beהָיִיתָhayita

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayita” appears
gropingמְמַשֵּׁשׁmemashesh

grope

To walk feeling one's way with the hands, like a blind man.

Where else “memashesh” appears
at noonצָּהֳרַיִםtsahorayim

noon

When the sun is highest; or full light.

Where else “tsahorayim” appears
the blind manעִוֵּרiver

blind

Someone who cannot see.

Where else “iver” appears
in the darknessאֲפֵלָהafela

thick darkness

Very thick darkness.

Where else “afela” appears
prosperתַצְלִיחַtatsliach

give success

To make something succeed.

Where else “tatsliach” appears
your waysדְּרָכֶיderache

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “derache” appears
oppressedעָשׁוּקashuk

oppress, defraud

Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.

Where else “ashuk” appears
and robbedגָזוּלgazul

seize, rob

Take by force, rob, tear away.

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the daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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to save youמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia

save

To rescue someone from danger.

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The context

28YHWH will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart.

29 · This verse (above)

30You will become engaged to a woman, and another man will lie with her; you will build a house, and you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, and you will not begin to use it.

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