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Isaiah 59:10
“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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Lexical meaning
גָּשַׁשׁgâshash · gaw-shash'
H1659 · Hebrew
H1659 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to feel about
- Derivation
- a primitive root; apparently
- KJV renderings
- grope.
- Grammar
- נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה — verb Piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּשַׁשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.