Isaiah 14:1

“For YHWH will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will settle them on their own ground; and the resident alien will join them, and they will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.”

Isaiah 14:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 14:1, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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will have compassionיְרַחֵםyerachem

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

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on Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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chooseבָחַרvachar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and will settle themהִנִּיחָhiniach

give rest

To let someone rest and settle in a place.

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on their own groundאַדְמָתָadmata

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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and the resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

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will joinנִלְוָהnilva

join

To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.

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and they will attach themselvesנִסְפְּחוּnispchu

join

Become part of a group; put one thing into another.

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to the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2And peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance on the ground of YHWH as male slaves and female slaves; and they will be captors of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.

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