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For a little whileלַמִּצְעָרyour holyקָדְשֶׁךָpeopleעַםpossessed it;יָרְשׁוּour adversariesצָרֵינוּhave trodden downבּוֹסְסוּyour sanctuary.מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ
Isaiah 63:18
Study it in the app“For a little while your holy people possessed it; our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 63:18, word by word
- For a little whileמִּצְעָרmitsar
little while
A short time, a brief spell.
Where else “mitsar” appears- your holyקָדְשֶׁkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” appears- peopleעַםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- possessed itיָרְשׁוּyarshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appears- our adversariesצָרֵיtsare
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appears- have trodden downבּוֹסְסוּbossu
trample
To tread down hard.
Where else “bossu” appears- your sanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶׁmikdashe
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashe” appears
The context
17Why, YHWH, do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from fearing you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
18 · This verse (above)
19We have become like those over whom from of old you have not ruled, upon whom your name has not been called.