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I have spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיmy handsיָדַיallכָּלthe dayהַיּוֹםto an obstinateסוֹרֵרpeople,אֶל עַםwho walkהַהֹלְכִיםin the wayהַדֶּרֶךְthat is notלֹאgood,טוֹבafterאַחַרtheir thoughts;מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם
Isaiah 65:2
Study it in the app“I have spread out my hands all the day to an obstinate people, who walk in the way that is not good, after their thoughts;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 65:2, word by word
- I have spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיperasti
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “perasti” appears- my handsיָדַyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- to an obstinateסוֹרֵרsorer
be stubborn
Be stubborn: turn away from what one is told, refuse to be led.
Where else “sorer” appears- peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- who walkהֹלְכִיםholchim
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holchim” appears- in the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- their thoughtsמַחְשְׁבֹתֵיmachshvote
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvote” appears
The context
1“I let myself be sought by those who did not ask; I let myself be found by those who did not seek me; I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that did not call on my name.
2 · This verse (above)
3the people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on the bricks;