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Forכִּיthe dayיוֹםof vengeanceנָקָםwas in my heart,בְּלִבִּיand the yearוּשְׁנַתof my redeemedגְּאוּלַיhad come.בָּאָה
Isaiah 63:4
Study it in the app“For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 63:4, word by word
- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of vengeanceנָקָםnakam
vengeance
Vengeance: the punishment that does justice for an offense.
Where else “nakam” appears- was in my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- and the yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of my redeemedגְּאוּלַgeula
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “geula” appears- had comeבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears
The context
3“The winepress I have trodden alone, and from the peoples there was no man with me; and I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their juice spattered on my garments, and all my clothing I have stained.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I looked, but there was no one to help; and I was astonished, but there was no one to uphold; so my arm brought me salvation, and my fury, it upheld me.