And he does notוְלֹאbring it backיָשִׁיבto his heart,אֶל לִבּוֹand there is noוְלֹאknowledgeדַעַתnorוְלֹאunderstandingתְבוּנָהto say,לֵאמֹר“Half of itחֶצְיוֹI burnedשָׂרַפְתִּיinבְמוֹthe fire,אֵשׁand alsoוְאַףI bakedאָפִיתִיon its coalsעַל גֶּחָלָיוbread;לֶחֶםI roastאֶצְלֶהmeatבָשָׂרand eat;וְאֹכֵלand the rest of itוְיִתְרוֹshall I makeאֶעֱשֶׂהinto an abomination?לְתוֹעֵבָהBefore a blockלְבוּלof woodעֵץshall I fall down?”אֶסְגּוֹד
Isaiah 44:19
Study it in the app“And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:19, word by word
- bring it backיָשִׁיבyashiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashiv” appears- to his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- knowledgeדַעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- understandingתְבוּנָהtevuna
understanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appears- to sayאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Half of itחֶצְיchetsy
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsy” appears- I burnedשָׂרַפְתִּיsarafti
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarafti” appears- inבְמוֹvemo
in, with, by
A poetic particle meaning "in," "with," "by."
Where else “vemo” appears- the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- I bakedאָפִיתִיafiti
bake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “afiti” appears- on its coalsגֶּחָלָיgechalay
coal, ember
A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.
Where else “gechalay” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- I roastאֶצְלֶהetsle
roast
Roast: cook meat directly over the fire.
Where else “etsle” appears- meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears- and eatאֹכֵלochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochel” appears- and the rest of itיִתְרyitr
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yitr” appears- shall I makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- into an abominationתוֹעֵבָהtoeva
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toeva” appears- Before a blockבוּלvul
block
A lifeless piece of wood from which someone makes a god.
Where else “vul” appears- of woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- shall I fall downאֶסְגּוֹדesgod
bow down
To bow down, to prostrate oneself in homage.
Where else “esgod” appears
The context
18They do not know, nor understand, for he has smeared over their eyes, so that they cannot see, their hearts, so that they cannot have insight.
19 · This verse (above)
20He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has led him astray, and he does not deliver his soul nor say, “Is there not falsehood in my right hand?”