And you will beוְהָיִיתָgropingמְמַשֵּׁשׁat noon,בַּצָּהֳרַיִםasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe blind manהָעִוֵּרgropesיְמַשֵּׁשׁin the darkness,בָּאֲפֵלָהand you will notוְלֹאprosperתַצְלִיחַyour ways;דְּרָכֶיךָand you will beוְהָיִיתָonlyאַךְoppressedעָשׁוּקand robbedוְגָזוּלallכָּלthe days,הַיָּמִיםand there will beוְno oneאֵיןto save you.מוֹשִׁיעַ
Deuteronomy 28:29
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “gazul” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- to save youמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears
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.