Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 63:17 Interlinear

why hast thou made us to err O LORD from thy ways and hardened our heart from thy fear Return for thy servants sake the tribes of thine inheritance

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לָ֣מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2תַתְעֵ֤נוּH8582why hast thou made us to errto vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
3יְהוָה֙H3068O LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָH1870from thy waysa road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
5תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַH7188and hardenedto be (causatively, make) unfeeling
6לִבֵּ֖נוּH3820our heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
7מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָH3374from thy fearfear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
8שׁ֚וּבH7725Returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
9לְמַ֣עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
10עֲבָדֶ֔יךָH5650for thy servantsa servant
11שִׁבְטֵ֖יH7626sake the tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
12נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃H5159of thine inheritanceproperly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

Verse Context

Isaiah 63:16Doubtless art our father Doubtless though Abraham be ignorant...
Isaiah 63:17 (current) why hast thou made us to err O LORD from thy ways and hardened our heart from thy fear Return for thy servants sake the tribes of thine inheritance
Isaiah 63:18it but a little while have possessed The people of thy holiness our adversaries have trodden down...

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