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who frustratesמֵפֵרthe signsאֹתוֹתof the empty talkers,בַּדִּיםand drives madיְהוֹלֵלdiviners;וְקֹסְמִיםwho turnsמֵשִׁיבthe wiseחֲכָמִיםbackward,אָחוֹרand their knowledgeוְדַעְתָּםhe makes foolish;יְשַׂכֵּל
Isaiah 44:25
Study it in the app“who frustrates the signs of the empty talkers, and drives mad diviners; who turns the wise backward, and their knowledge he makes foolish;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:25, word by word
- who frustratesמֵפֵרmefer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “mefer” appears- the signsאֹתוֹתotot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “otot” appears- of the empty talkersבַּדִּיםbadim
idle talk, boasting
Empty talk, idle chatter; boasting or lies.
Where else “badim” appears- and drives madיְהוֹלֵלyeholel
go mad
To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.
Where else “yeholel” appears- divinersקֹסְמִיםkosmim
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kosmim” appears- who turnsמֵשִׁיבmeshiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “meshiv” appears- the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- backwardאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- and their knowledgeדַעְתָּdata
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “data” appears- he makes foolishיְשַׂכֵּלyesakel
make foolish
To make a plan or knowledge senseless, make it fail.
Where else “yesakel” appears
The context
24Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb: “I am YHWH, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens alone, who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 · This verse (above)
26who confirms the word of his servant, and the counsel of his messengers fulfills; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and her ruins I will raise up’;