Study it in the app“Will 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?”
Willהֲthe fastצוֹםthat I chooseאֶבְחָרֵהוּbeיִהְיֶהlike this:כָזֶהa dayיוֹםfor a human beingאָדָםto humbleעַנּוֹתhis soul?נַפְשׁוֹIs it to bow downהֲלָכֹףhis headרֹאשׁוֹlike a reed,כְּאַגְמֹןand to spread outוְ יַצִּיעַsackclothשַׂקand ashes?וָאֵפֶרWill you callהֲ תִּקְרָאthisלָזֶהa fastצוֹםand a dayוְיוֹםof favorרָצוֹןto YHWH?לַיהוָה
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appearschoose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “evchare” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearshumble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “anot” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appearsbow down
To bow down, to bend; to be bent or brought low under a weight.
Where else “chof” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsrush, rope of rushes
A rush; also a rope made of rushes.
Where else “agmon” appearsspread out
To spread, to lay something out on the ground to lie on it.
Where else “yatsia” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appearsashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikra” appearsfavor
The goodwill with which one looks on another.
Where else “ratson” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appears4Look, 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Is this not the fast that I choose: to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, and to set free the crushed, and that you break every yoke?
