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Lingerהִתְמַהְמְהוּand be astonished;וּתְמָהוּblind yourselvesהִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּand be blind!וָשֹׁעוּThey are drunk,שָׁכְרוּbut notוְלֹאwith wine;יַיִןthey sway,נָעוּbut notוְלֹאwith intoxicating drink.שֵׁכָר
Isaiah 29:9
Study it in the app“Linger and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they sway, but not with intoxicating drink.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:9, word by word
- Lingerהִתְמַהְמְהוּhitmahmhu
linger
Linger, delay, hesitate.
Where else “hitmahmhu” appears- and be astonishedתְמָהוּtemahu
be astonished
Be astonished, look at one another in amazement.
Where else “temahu” appears- blind yourselvesהִשְׁתַּעַשְׁעוּhishtaashu
blind
To lose sight, or take another's sight.
Where else “hishtaashu” appears- They are drunkשָׁכְרוּshachru
get drunk
To drink until senseless.
Where else “shachru” appears- with wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- they swayנָעוּnau
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “nau” appears- with intoxicating drinkשֵׁכָרshechar
intoxicating drink
Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.
Where else “shechar” appears
The context
8And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.
9 · This verse (above)
10For YHWH has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.