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I have blotted out,מָחִיתִיlike a thick cloud,כָעָבyour transgressions,פְּשָׁעֶיךָand like a cloud,וְכֶעָנָןyour sins;חַטֹּאותֶיךָreturnשׁוּבָהto me,אֵלַיforכִּיI have redeemed you.”גְאַלְתִּיךָ
Isaiah 44:22
Study it in the app“I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins; return to me, for I have redeemed you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:22, word by word
- I have blotted outמָחִיתִיmachiti
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “machiti” appears- like a thick cloudעָבav
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “av” appears- your transgressionsפְּשָׁעֶיpeshae
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “peshae” appears- and like a cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- your sinsחַטֹּאותֶיchatovte
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovte” appears- returnשׁוּבָshuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuva” appears- I have redeemed youגְאַלְתִּיgealti
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “gealti” appears
The context
21“Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are a servant to me, Israel; you will not be forgotten by me.
22 · This verse (above)
23Shout for joy, heavens, for YHWH has done it; shout aloud, depths of the earth; break forth, mountains, into a shout of joy, forest and every tree in it; for YHWH has redeemed Jacob, and in Israel he glorifies himself.