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And on that dayוְ בַיּוֹם הַהוּאthe deafהַחֵרְשִׁיםwill hearשָׁמְעוּthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof a book,סֵפֶרand out of gloomוּמֵאֹפֶלand out of darknessוּמֵחֹשֶׁךְthe eyesעֵינֵיof the blindעִוְרִיםwill see.תִּרְאֶינָה
Isaiah 29:18
Study it in the app“And on that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of gloom and out of darkness the eyes of the blind will see.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:18, word by word
- And on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the deafחֵרְשִׁיםchershim
deaf
Deaf.
Where else “chershim” appears- will hearשָׁמְעוּshamu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamu” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of a bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- and out of gloomאֹפֶלofel
gloom, thick darkness
Gloom, thick darkness, like that of deep night. It is a different word from ordinary "darkness."
Where else “ofel” appears- and out of darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of the blindעִוְרִיםivrim
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “ivrim” appears- will seeתִּרְאֶינָהtirena
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tirena” appears
The context
17Is it not yet a little, a very little, and Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be regarded as a forest?
18 · This verse (above)
19And the humble will increase gladness in YHWH, and the needy among human beings will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.