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Isaiah 58
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(58:1)
‫“ = גָרוֹן‬neck, throat” under BDB 173b. Arb jirānu(n) “front part of neck (of
camel)”.
‫“ = חשְׁך‬withhold, refrain” under BDB 362a. Arm ‫ ֲחסְַך‬. Palm ‫“ חסך‬remit, spare”. Sab
‫“ משחכן‬weaned (child)”.
(58:2)
‫“ = חפץ‬delight in” under BDB 342b. Arb ḥafiyẓatu(n) “anger (excitement)”, aḥfiẓa
“enrage”.
(58:3)
‫“ = צום‬abstain from food, fast” under BDB 847a. Arb ṣāma. Arm ‫צוּם‬.
‫ = ענה‬III “be bowed down, afflicted”, Piel “humble, mishandle, afflict” under BDB
776a. Akk enû “thward, frustrate, do violence to”. Arb ʿanā(w) “be lowly,
submissive”.
‫“ = ַעצָּב > ָעצֵב‬toiler” under BDB 780b. Hapax?
‫“ = נגשׂ‬press, drive, oppress, exact” under BDB 620a. Akk nagāsu “throw down,
overthrow”. Arb najaša “rouse and drive (game), drive vehemently”.
(58:4)
‫“ = ַמצָּה‬strife, contention” under BDB 663b. Very rare.
‫“ = ֶאגְ ר ֹף‬fist” under BDB 175b. Very rare.
‫“ = מָרוֹם‬height (poetic)” under BDB 928b.
(58:5)
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‫“ = כפף < ֲה ָלכֹף‬bend, bend down, be bent, bowed” under BDB 496a. Akk kapāpu
“bend, bow”. Arb kaffa “fell (a seam), turn back, avert. Arm ‫“ ְכפַף‬bend, curve”.
‫“ = אַגְמ ֹן‬rush, bulrush” under BDB 8b. Rare.
‫ = יצע‬Hiphil “lay, spread (late)” under BDB 426b. Rare. Arm ‫“ י ְצַע‬expound”. Arb
waḍaʿa ‘put, lay (down, on a place).
(58:6)
‫“ = ח ְַר ֻצבָּה‬bond, fetter, pang” (only plural) under BDB 359a. Very rare.
‫ = נתר‬II Hiphil “unfasten, loosen; set free, unbind” under BDB 684a. Arb natara
“rend (garment), break (string of bow)”.
‫“ = ֲאגֻדָּ ה‬band” under BDB 8a. Rare.
‫“ = מוֹטָה‬pole, bar of yoke (mostly late compare ‫ ”)מוט‬under BDB 557a.
‫“ = רצץ‬crush” under BDB 954b.
‫“ = ח ְֹפ ִשׁי‬free” (from something) under BDB 344b.
‫ = נתק‬Piel “tear apart, snap” under BDB 683b. Arb nataqa “pull off, draw out,
shake”.
(58:7)
‫“ = פרס‬break in two, divide” under BDB 828a. Akk parāsu “divide, hinder”. Arb
farasa “break (neck)”.
‫“ = מָרוֹד‬restlessness, straying(?)” under BDB 924a. ‫“ עניים מרודים‬wandering poor >
homeless”?
‫ = עלם‬Hitpael “conceal, hide oneself” under BDB 761a.
(58:8)
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‫“ = אֲרוּכָה‬healing of a wound, restoration” under BDB 74a. Arb ʾariykatu(n).
‫“ = ְמה ֵָרה‬haste, speed” under BDB 555a. Usually as adverbial accusative = “hastily,
quickly”.
‫( = אסף < י ַאַ ְספֶָך‬here) “bring up the rear > be rear-guard” under BDB 62ab.
(58:9)
‫ = שׁוע‬Piel “cry out for help” under BDB 1002b. Denominative < ‫שׁ ְועָה‬
ַ and related
to ‫?ישׁע‬