Study it in the app“Why did I come, and there was no one; I called, and there was no one to answer? Is my hand really too short to ransom? Or is there no power in me to deliver? Look, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.”
Whyמַדּוּעַdid I come,בָּאתִיand there wasוְאֵיןno one;אִישׁI called,קָרָאתִיand there was noוְאֵיןone to answer?עוֹנֶהIsהֲmy handיָדִיreallyקָצוֹרtoo shortקָצְרָהto ransom?מִפְּדוּתOrוְאִםis there noאֵיןpowerכֹחַin meבִּיto deliver?לְהַצִּילLook,הֵןby my rebukeבְּגַעֲרָתִיI dry upאַחֲרִיבthe sea,יָםI makeאָשִׂיםthe riversנְהָרוֹתa wilderness;מִדְבָּרtheir fishדְּגָתָםstinkתִּבְאַשׁfor lack ofמֵאֵיןwater,מַיִםand dieוְתָמֹתof thirst.בַּצָּמָא
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bati” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “one” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appearsrun short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “katsor” appearsredemption; distinction
Redemption, deliverance. In Exodus 8:23, the separation that keeps safe.
Where else “pedut” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsil” appearsrebuke
A rebuke: a strong word that scolds or stops someone. Of God, the command before which the sea or the enemies draw back.
Where else “gaarati” appearsdry up
To be left without water, a river, a sea or a spring.
Where else “achariv” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsfish
Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).
Where else “degata” appearsstink
To give off a bad smell, like what rots or is fouled.
Where else “tivash” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamot” appearsthirst
Thirst.
Where else “tsama” appears1Thus says YHWH: “Where is the document of divorce of your mother, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I sold you? Look, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2 · This verse (above)
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
