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Forכִּיnotלֹאforeverלְעוֹלָםwill I contend,אָרִיבnorוְלֹאforeverלָנֶצַחwill I be angry;אֶקְּצוֹףforכִּיthe spiritרוּחַwould grow faintיַעֲטוֹףbefore me,מִלְּפָנַיand the breathsוּנְשָׁמוֹתthat Iאֲנִיmade.עָשִׂיתִי
Isaiah 57:16
Study it in the app“For not forever will I contend, nor forever will I be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breaths that I made.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 57:16, word by word
- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- will I contendאָרִיבariv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “ariv” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- will I be angryאֶקְּצוֹףektsof
be angry
Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.
Where else “ektsof” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- would grow faintיַעֲטוֹףyaatof
grow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “yaatof” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- and the breathsנְשָׁמוֹתneshamot
breath
The puff of life God gave; "every living thing that draws air".
Where else “neshamot” appears- madeעָשִׂיתִיasiti
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears
The context
15For thus says the High and Lifted Up One, who inhabits eternity, and Holy is his name: “In the high and holy place I dwell, and with the crushed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the crushed.
16 · This verse (above)
17For the iniquity of his gain I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on wayward in the way of his heart.