Isaiah 59:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽעִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּכְאֵ֥ין עֵינַ֖יִם נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים׃

Transliteration

Nəgaššāšāh like-ʿiwrîm qîr and-like-none ʿênayim nəgaššēšāh kāšalnû in-ṣṣāhŏrayim like-neešep in-ʾašmannîm like-mētîm

Grammar Details

*Nəgaššāšāh*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st plural cohortative - we grope/feel our way
*ʿiwrîm*: adjective, masculine plural - blind (people)
*qîr*: noun, masculine singular - wall
*ʿênayim*: noun, feminine dual - eyes
*nəgaššēšāh*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st plural cohortative - we grope/feel our way
*kāšalnû*: verb, qal perfect, 1st plural - we stumble/stagger
*ṣṣāhŏrayim*: noun, masculine dual - noon/midday
*neešep*: noun, masculine singular - twilight/dusk
*ʾašmannîm*: noun, masculine plural - fat/fertile places
*mētîm*: adjective, masculine plural - dead (people)

Word Meanings

*Nəgaššāšāh*: we grope/feel our way/seek by touch
*ʿiwrîm*: blind (people)
*qîr*: wall/side
*nəgaššēšāh*: we grope/feel our way/seek by touch
*kāšalnû*: we stumble/stagger/totter
*ṣṣāhŏrayim*: noon/midday/noonday brightness
*neešep*: twilight/dusk/darkness
*ʾašmannîm*: fat places/fertile fields/desolate places
*mētîm*: dead (people)/corpses

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:29 : 29 and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
Job 5:14 : 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
Lam 3:6 : 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Lam 4:14 : 14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot {H3808} touch their garments.
Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.
John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
John 12:40 : 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; {G2443} Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Isa 8:15 : 15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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