Isaiah 42:16

“And I will lead the blind by a way that they have not known; in paths that they have not known I will make them tread; I will make the dark places before them into light, and the crooked places into a plain. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.”

Isaiah 42:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:16, word by word

And I will leadהוֹלַכְתִּיholachti

lead

To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.

Where else “holachti” appears
the blindעִוְרִיםivrim

spiritually blind

Someone who does not understand the truth.

Where else “ivrim” appears
by a wayדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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knownיָדָעוּyadau

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yadau” appears
in pathsנְתִיבוֹתnetivot

path

Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.

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I will make them treadאַדְרִיכֵadriche

tread

To step on; crush grapes underfoot.

Where else “adriche” appears
I will makeאָשִׂיםasim

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “asim” appears
the dark placesמַחְשָׁךְmachshach

dark place

Darkness, a hiding place in the dark.

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before themפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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into lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

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and the crooked placesמַעֲקַשִּׁיםmaakashim

rough places

Crooked places, the uneven ground of a road.

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into a plainמִישׁוֹרmishor

plain

Ground without hills.

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thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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I will doעֲשִׂיתִasiti

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asiti” appears
abandon themעֲזַבְתִּיazavti

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “azavti” appears

The context

15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their vegetation I will dry up; and I will turn rivers into coastlands, and the pools I will dry up.

16 · This verse (above)

17They will be turned back, they will be utterly put to shame, those who trust in the carved image, who say to the cast image, ‘You are our gods.’

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