Butוְthisהוּאis a peopleעַםplunderedבָּזוּזand despoiled;וְשָׁסוּיall of themכֻּלָּםare trappedהָפֵחַin the holes,בַּחוּרִיםand in housesוּבְבָתֵּיof prisonכְלָאִיםthey are hidden;הָחְבָּאוּthey have becomeהָיוּplunder,לָבַזand there is noוְאֵיןone to deliver;מַצִּילspoil,מְשִׁסָּהand there is noוְאֵיןone to say,אֹמֵר“Give it back!”הָשַׁב
Isaiah 42:22
Study it in the app“But this is a people plundered and despoiled; all of them are trapped in the holes, and in houses of prison they are hidden; they have become plunder, and there is no one to deliver; spoil, and there is no one to say, “Give it back!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:22, word by word
- is a peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- plunderedבָּזוּזbazuz
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bazuz” appears- and despoiledשָׁסוּיshasuy
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shasuy” appears- are trappedהָפֵחַhafeach
be trapped
To be snared, caught in a trap.
Where else “hafeach” appears- in the holesחוּרִיםchurim
hole
A hole: a snake's hole, or a prison cell.
Where else “churim” appears- and in housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears- of prisonכְלָאִיםchelaim
prison
Prison, confinement: a place where someone is held.
Where else “chelaim” appears- they are hiddenהָחְבָּאוּhachbau
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “hachbau” appears- they have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears- one to deliverמַצִּילmatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “matsil” appears- spoilמְשִׁסָּהmeshisa
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what an enemy snatches when plundering, and also the people itself left exposed to plunder (2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 42:22; Jeremiah 30:16).
Where else “meshisa” appears- one to sayאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- “Give it backהָשַׁבhashav
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashav” appears
The context
21YHWH was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify the instruction and make it glorious.
22 · This verse (above)
23Who among you will give ear to this, will pay attention and hear for the time to come?