Isaiah 42:25

“So he poured out on him the fury of his anger and the fierceness of war; and it set him ablaze all around, but he did not know it; and it burned against him, but he did not take it to heart.”

Isaiah 42:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:25, word by word

So he poured outיִּשְׁפֹּךְyishpoch

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “yishpoch” appears
the furyחֵמָהchema

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chema” appears
of his angerאַפּap

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

Where else “ap” appears
and the fiercenessעֱזוּזezuz

might

Might, power that prevails. From the same root as the usual word for "strength".

Where else “ezuz” appears
of warמִלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
and it set him ablazeתְּלַהֲטֵtelahate

set ablaze

Set ablaze, set on fire.

Where else “telahate” appears
all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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know itיָדָעyada

know

To know something, realize.

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and it burnedתִּבְעַרtivar

burn

For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.

Where else “tivar” appears
take itיָשִׂיםyasim

take to heart

"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.

Where else “yasim” appears
to heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears

The context

24Who gave Jacob to spoil, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not YHWH, this one against whom we have sinned? And they were not willing to walk in his ways, and they did not listen to his instruction.

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