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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לָ֣מָּה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 2 | תַתְעֵ֤נוּ | H8582 | why hast thou made us to err | to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both |
| 3 | יְהוָה֙ | H3068 | O LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 4 | מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ | H1870 | from thy ways | a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb |
| 5 | תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ | H7188 | and hardened | to be (causatively, make) unfeeling |
| 6 | לִבֵּ֖נוּ | H3820 | our heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 7 | מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ | H3374 | from thy fear | fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence |
| 8 | שׁ֚וּב | H7725 | Return | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 9 | לְמַ֣עַן | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 10 | עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ | H5650 | for thy servants | a servant |
| 11 | שִׁבְטֵ֖י | H7626 | sake the tribes | a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan |
| 12 | נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃ | H5159 | of thine inheritance | properly, 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...