And you have forgottenוַתִּשְׁכַּחYHWHיְהוָהyour Maker,עֹשֶׂךָwho stretches outנוֹטֶהthe heavensשָׁמַיִםand foundsוְיֹסֵדthe earth,אָרֶץand you dreadוַתְּפַחֵדcontinually,תָּמִידallכָּלthe day,הַיּוֹםbeforeמִפְּנֵיthe furyחֲמַתof the oppressor,הַמֵּצִיקwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרhe sets himselfכּוֹנֵןto destroy?לְהַשְׁחִיתAnd whereוְאַיֵּהis the furyחֲמַתof the oppressor?הַמֵּצִיק
Isaiah 51:13
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Isaiah 51:13, word by word
- And you have forgottenתִּשְׁכַּחtishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Makerעֹשֶׂose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- who stretches outנוֹטֶהnote
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and foundsיֹסֵדyosed
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yosed” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and you dreadתְּפַחֵדtefached
dread
To tremble with fear before something that threatens.
Where else “tefached” appears- continuallyתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the furyחֲמַתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- of the oppressorמֵּצִיקmetsik
distress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “metsik” appears- he sets himselfכּוֹנֵןkonen
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “konen” appears- to destroyהַשְׁחִיתhashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “hashchit” appears
The context
12“I, I am the same, he who comforts you. Who are you, that you fear a mortal who will die, and the son of man who is made as grass?
13 · This verse (above)
14Soon the one bowed down will be set free, and he will not die going down to the pit, nor will his bread be lacking.