Isaiah 42:7

“to open blind eyes, to bring out from confinement the prisoner, from the prison house those who dwell in darkness.”

Isaiah 42:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:7, word by word

to openפְקֹחַfekoach

open (the eyes)

Open (the eyes or the ears); from there, become aware.

Where else “fekoach” appears
blindעִוְרוֹתivrot

blind

Someone who cannot see.

Where else “ivrot” appears
eyesעֵינַיִםenayim

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “enayim” appears
to bring outהוֹצִיאhotsi

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

Where else “hotsi” appears
from confinementמַּסְגֵּרmasger

prison

A closed place where someone is held prisoner.

Where else “masger” appears
the prisonerאַסִּירasir

prisoner

Prisoner, captive; one who is chained or shut in.

Where else “asir” appears
from the prison houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bet” appears
from the prison houseכֶּלֶאkele

prison

Prison, confinement: a place where someone is held.

Where else “kele” appears
those who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech

gloom

Distress, ignorance or death.

Where else “choshech” appears

The context

6“I, YHWH, have called you in righteousness, and I will take hold of your hand, and I will keep you, and I will give you as a covenant of the people, as a light of the nations,

7 · This verse (above)

8I am YHWH; that is my name; and my glory to another I will not give, nor my praise to carved images.

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