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Whoמִיis blindעִוֵּרbutכִּי אִםmy servant,עַבְדִּיor deafוְחֵרֵשׁlike my messengerכְּמַלְאָכִיwhom I send?אֶשְׁלָחWhoמִיis blindעִוֵּרlike the one at peace with me,כִּמְשֻׁלָּםor blindוְעִוֵּרlike the servantכְּעֶבֶדof YHWH?יְהוָה
Isaiah 42:19
Study it in the app“Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one at peace with me, or blind like the servant of YHWH?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:19, word by word
- is blindעִוֵּרiver
spiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “iver” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- or deafחֵרֵשׁcheresh
deaf
Deaf.
Where else “cheresh” appears- like my messengerמַלְאָכִmalachi
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachi” appears- whom I sendאֶשְׁלָחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- like the one at peace with meמְשֻׁלָּםmeshulam
make peace
To come to terms with someone.
Where else “meshulam” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Translation note
“The one at peace”: the word is from the same root as “peace” (shalom); it can mean “the one who has a covenant with me” or “the one who is surrendered.”
The context
18You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see.
19 · This verse (above)
20You see many things, but do not keep them; the ears are open, but he does not hear.”