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and if you offerוְתָפֵקyour soulנַפְשֶׁךָto the hungry,לָרָעֵבand satisfyוְ תַּשְׂבִּיעַthe afflictedנַעֲנָהsoul,נֶפֶשׁthenוְyour lightאוֹרֶךָwill riseזָרַחin the darkness,בַּחֹשֶׁךְand your gloomוַאֲפֵלָתְךָwill be like noon.כַּצָּהֳרָיִם
Isaiah 58:10
Study it in the app“and if you offer your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom will be like noon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:10, word by word
- and if you offerתָפֵקtafek
obtain; succeed
To draw out, to obtain; to bring forth, to succeed. In the causative, to let something succeed or prosper.
Where else “tafek” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafshe” appears- to the hungryרָעֵבraev
hungry
Hungry, suffering hunger.
Where else “raev” appears- and satisfyתַּשְׂבִּיעַtasbia
satisfy
To give another all they need: YHWH gives good in plenty.
Where else “tasbia” appears- the afflictedנַעֲנָהnaana
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “naana” appears- your lightאוֹרֶore
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “ore” appears- will riseזָרַחzarach
rise, shine
Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.
Where else “zarach” appears- in the darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and your gloomאֲפֵלָתְafelat
thick darkness
Very thick darkness.
Where else “afelat” appears- will be like noonצָּהֳרָיִםtsahorayim
noon
When the sun is highest; or full light.
Where else “tsahorayim” appears
The context
9Then you will call, and YHWH will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove from your midst the yoke, the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness,
10 · This verse (above)
11And YHWH will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in scorched places, and your bones he will strengthen; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive.