Is it notהֲלוֹאto shareפָרֹסyour breadלַחְמֶךָwith the hungry,לָרָעֵבand to bringוַ תָּבִיאthe wanderingמְרוּדִיםafflictedעֲנִיִּיםhome;בָיִתwhenכִּיyou seeתִרְאֶהthe naked,עָרֹםthat you cover him,וְכִסִּיתוֹand notוּ לֹאhide yourselfתִתְעַלָּםfrom your own flesh?מִבְּשָׂרְךָ
Isaiah 58:7
Study it in the app“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the wandering afflicted home; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?”
The fast God chooses: loosing chains, sharing bread and clothing the nakedJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:7, word by word
- to shareפָרֹסfaros
break bread
To divide bread and give it to others.
Where else “faros” appears- your breadלַחְמֶlachme
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachme” appears- with the hungryרָעֵבraev
hungry
Hungry, suffering hunger.
Where else “raev” appears- and to bringתָּבִיאtavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tavi” appears- the wanderingמְרוּדִיםmerudim
homeless, wandering
One who wanders with nowhere to live; also the state of homelessness and want.
Where else “merudim” appears- afflictedעֲנִיִּיםaniyim
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniyim” appears- homeבָיִתvayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vayit” appears- you seeתִרְאֶהtire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tire” appears- the nakedעָרֹםarom
naked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appears- that you cover himכִסִּיתchisit
clothe oneself
To put a garment on to cover the body.
Where else “chisit” appears- hide yourselfתִתְעַלָּםtitalam
ignore
To turn the eyes away; to look the other way when something must be done.
Where else “titalam” appears- from your own fleshבְּשָׂרְbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears
The context
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?
7 · This verse (above)
8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will sprout quickly; and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of YHWH will gather you.