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Isaiah 58:10

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

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וְתָפֵ֤קvetafeqand affordפּוּקconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and afford”, an unfinished actionH6329to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeedafford, draw out, further, get, obtain.לָֽרָעֵב֙laraevto hungryרָעֵבpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to hungry”, the ordinary formH7457hungry (more or less intensely)hunger bitten, hungry.נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnafshekhacreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְנֶ֥פֶשׁvenefeshand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…נַעֲנָ֖הnaanahabase selfעָנָהverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “abase self”, a verb used as a describing wordH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…תַּשְׂבִּ֑יעַtasbiafillשָׂבַעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fill”, an unfinished actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.וְזָרַ֤חvezarachand as soon as it is upזָרַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as soon as it is up”, a completed action in a sequenceH2224properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.בַּחֹ֨שֶׁךְ֙bachoshekhin darkחֹשֶׁךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.אוֹרֶ֔ךָorekhabrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.וַאֲפֵלָתְךָ֖vaafelatekhaand darkאֲפֵלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH653duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealmentdark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִםkatsahorayimas noonצֹהַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as noon”, the ordinary formH6672a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noonmidday, noon(-day, -tide), window.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thy gloom be as the noon-day;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

Young’s Literal Translation

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness [is] as noon.

World English Bible

and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;

Darby Translation

and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;

Douay-Rheims

When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thy gloom be as the noon-day;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ δῷς πεινῶντι τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ψυχὴν τεταπεινωμένην ἐμπλήσῃς, τότε ἀνατελεῖ ἐν τῷ σκότει τὸ φῶς σου, καὶ τὸ σκότος σου ὡς μεσημβρία,