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We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men . (KJV)

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נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤הne.gash.Shahwe grope for

Lemma: גָּשַׁשׁ (ga.shash) · Strong's: H1659

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVpc1cp)

Meaning: to grope

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1659; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 1

כַֽעִוְרִים֙kha.'iv.Rimlike <the> blind [people]

Lemma: עִוֵּר (iv.ver) · Strong's: H5787

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: blind

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 19:14, Leviticus 21:18, Deuteronomy 15:21, Deuteronomy 27:18, Deuteronomy 28:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5787; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 2

קִ֔ירKira wall

Lemma: קִיר (qir) · Strong's: H7023

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wall

Used 74 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7023; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 3

וּכְאֵ֥יןu.khe.'Einand like there not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 4

עֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yim[are] eyes

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 5

נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁהne.ga.She.shahwe grope

Lemma: גָּשַׁשׁ (ga.shash) · Strong's: H1659

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVpc1cp)

Meaning: to grope

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1659; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 6

כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּka.Shal.nuwe have stumbled

Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to stumble

Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 7

בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙va.tzo.ho.Ra.yimat <the> noon<s>

Lemma: צֹ֫הַר (tso.har) · Strong's: H6672A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: midday

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Deuteronomy 28:29, 2 Samuel 4:5, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6672A; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 8

כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁףka.Ne.sheflike the twilight

Lemma: נֶ֫שֶׁף (ne.sheph) · Strong's: H5399

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: twilight

Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 30:17, 2 Kings 7:5, 2 Kings 7:7, Job 3:9, Job 7:4, Job 24:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5399; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 9

בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖יםba.'ash.ma.Nimamong the fat people

Lemma: אַשְׁמַנִּים (ash.man) · Strong's: H0820

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: strong

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0820; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 10

כַּמֵּתִֽים\׃ka.me.Timlike <the> dead [people]

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Isaiah 59:10 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Like the blind	→	עִוֵּר H5787 blind
we feel our way along	→	גָּשַׁשׁ H1659 to grope
the wall	→	קִיר H7023 wall
groping	→	גָּשַׁשׁ H1659 to grope
like those without	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
We stumble	→	כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble
at midday	→	צֹ֫הַר H6672A midday
as in the twilight	→	נֶ֫שֶׁף H5399 twilight
among the vigorous	→	אַשְׁמַנִּים H0820 strong
we are like the dead	→	מוּת H4191 to die

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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