Study it in the app“We grope like the blind for the wall, and like those without eyes we grope; we stumble at noon as in the twilight; among the robust we are like the dead.”
We gropeנְגַשְׁשָׁהlike the blindכַעִוְרִיםfor the wall,קִירand likeוּכְthose withoutאֵיןeyesעֵינַיִםwe grope;נְגַשֵּׁשָׁהwe stumbleכָּשַׁלְנוּat noonבַצָּהֳרַיִםas in the twilight;כַּנֶּשֶׁףamong the robustבָּאַשְׁמַנִּיםwe are like the dead.כַּמֵּתִים
grope
To grope, to feel one's way.
Where else “negashsha” appearsspiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “ivrim” appearswall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appearsstumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “kashalnu” appearsnoon
When the sun is highest; or full light.
Where else “tsahorayim” appearstwilight
When it grows dark at evening.
Where else “neshef” appearsrobust ones? (uncertain)
A word of uncertain sense: the robust, or perhaps fertile places.
Where else “ashmanim” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears“Among the robust” translates a word that appears only here, of doubtful meaning.
9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for light, and look, darkness; for brightness, but in gloom we walk.
10 · This verse (above)
11We growl like bears, all of us, and like doves we keep moaning; we wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
