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And I looked,וְאַבִּיטbut there was noוְאֵיןone to help;עֹזֵרand I was astonished,וְאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵםbut there was noוְאֵיןone to uphold;סוֹמֵךְso my armוַ זְרֹעִיbrought me salvation,תּוֹשַׁע לִיand my fury,וַחֲמָתִיitהִיאupheld me.סְמָכָתְנִי
Isaiah 63:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
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Isaiah 63:5, word by word
- And I lookedאַבִּיטabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “abit” appears- one to helpעֹזֵרozer
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “ozer” appears- and I was astonishedאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵםeshtomem
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “eshtomem” appears- one to upholdסוֹמֵךְsomech
lean on
To rest one's weight on something or someone so as not to fall; to support.
Where else “somech” appears- so my armזְרֹעִzeroi
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroi” appears- brought me salvationתּוֹשַׁעtosha
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “tosha” appears- and my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears
The context
4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.
5 · This verse (above)
6And I trod down peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my fury, and I brought down to the earth their juice.”