Isa 8:22 | NET2full | STEP | When one looks out over the land , he sees distress and darkness , gloom and anxiety , darkness and people forced from the land.

‏ Isaiah 8:22

22 When one looks out over the land, he sees ^{▼▼tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).} distress and darkness, gloom ^{▼▼tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (meʿuf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.} and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (menudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.}