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Look,הֵןfor strifeלְרִיבand contentionוּמַצָּהyou fast,תָּצוּמוּand to strikeוּלְהַכּוֹתwith a fistבְּאֶגְרֹףof wickedness;רֶשַׁעdo notלֹאfastתָצוּמוּas you do todayכַיּוֹםto makeלְהַשְׁמִיעַyour voiceקוֹלְכֶםheardהַשְׁמִיעַon high.בַּמָּרוֹם
Isaiah 58:4
Study it in the app“Look, for strife and contention you fast, and to strike with a fist of wickedness; do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:4, word by word
- for strifeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- and contentionמַצָּהmatsa
strife, quarrel
Strife, a fight, a quarrel.
Where else “matsa” appears- you fastתָּצוּמוּtatsumu
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tatsumu” appears- and to strikeהַכּוֹתhakot
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hakot” appears- with a fistאֶגְרֹףegrof
fist
Fist.
Where else “egrof” appears- of wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears- as you do todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- to makeהַשְׁמִיעַhashmia
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hashmia” appears- your voiceקוֹלְkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- on highמָּרוֹםmarom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “marom” appears
The context
3‘Why have we fasted, and you did not see? Why have we humbled our soul, and you do not know?’ Look, on the day of your fast you find your desire, and you oppress all your workers.
4 · This verse (above)
5Will the fast that I choose be like this: a day for a human being to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day of favor to YHWH?