Ifאִםyou turn backתָּשִׁיבyour footרַגְלֶךָfrom the Sabbath,מִשַּׁבָּתfrom doingעֲשׂוֹתyour desiresחֲפָצֶיךָon my holy day,בְּיוֹם קָדְשִׁיand callוְקָרָאתָthe Sabbathלַשַּׁבָּת‘a delight,’עֹנֶגthe holy dayלִקְדוֹשׁof YHWHיְהוָה‘honorable,’מְכֻבָּדand honor itוְכִבַּדְתּוֹby not doingמֵעֲשׂוֹתyour ways,דְּרָכֶיךָby not findingמִמְּצוֹאyour desireחֶפְצְךָnor speakingוְדַבֵּרa word,דָּבָר
Isaiah 58:13
Study it in the app“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your desires on my holy day, and call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the holy day of YHWH ‘honorable,’ and honor it by not doing your ways, by not finding your desire nor speaking a word,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:13, word by word
- you turn backתָּשִׁיבtashiv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “tashiv” appears- your footרַגְלֶragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- from the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- from doingעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- your desiresחֲפָצֶיchafatse
desire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “chafatse” appears- on my holy dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on my holy dayקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- and callקָרָאתָkarata
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “karata” appears- ‘a delight,’עֹנֶגoneg
delight, luxury
Delight, luxury.
Where else “oneg” appears- the holy dayקְדוֹשׁkedosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kedosh” appears- of 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- ‘honorable,’מְכֻבָּדmechubad
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “mechubad” appears- your waysדְּרָכֶיderache
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derache” appears- by not findingמְּצוֹאmetso
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metso” appears- nor speakingדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
12And those from you will build the ancient ruins; the foundations of generation after generation you will raise up; and you will be called ‘Repairer of breaches, restorer of paths to live in.’
13 · This verse (above)
14then you will delight in YHWH, and I will make you ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father; for the mouth of YHWH has spoken.”