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We growlנֶהֱמֶהlike bears,כַדֻּבִּיםall of us,כֻּלָּנוּand like dovesוְכַיּוֹנִיםwe keep moaning;הָגֹה נֶהְגֶּהwe waitנְקַוֶּהfor justice,לַמִּשְׁפָּטbut there is none;וָאַיִןfor salvation,לִישׁוּעָהbut it is farרָחֲקָהfrom us.מִמֶּנּוּ
Isaiah 59:11
Study it in the app“We 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:11, word by word
- We growlנֶהֱמֶהneheme
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “neheme” appears- like bearsדֻּבִּיםdubim
bear
Bear.
Where else “dubim” appears- and like dovesיּוֹנִיםyonim
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yonim” appears- we keep moaningהָגֹהhago
moan
To make a low sound, like a dove or a lion.
Where else “hago” appears- we waitנְקַוֶּהnekave
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “nekave” appears- for justiceמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- for salvationישׁוּעָהyshua
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yshua” appears- but it is farרָחֲקָהrachaka
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “rachaka” appears
The context
10We 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12For our transgressions are many before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and our iniquities, we know them: