Isaiah 14:3

“And it will happen, on the day when YHWH gives you rest from your pain and from your turmoil and from the hard service with which you were made to serve,”

Isaiah 14:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 14:3, word by word

And it will happenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
when 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.

Where else “yehva” appears
gives you restהָנִיחַhaniach

give rest

To give rest, as YHWH to his people.

Where else “haniach” appears
from your painעָצְבְּatsb

pain

The pain of one who suffers, like that of childbirth or of deep grief.

Where else “atsb” appears
and from your turmoilרָגְזֶragze

turmoil, agitation

Agitation, restlessness, turmoil: the state of what trembles or has no rest. It can also be anger or the rumbling of thunder.

Where else “ragze” appears
and from the hard serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda

bondage

Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.

Where else “avoda” appears
and from the hard serviceקָּשָׁהkasha

hard

Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.

Where else “kasha” appears
you were made to serveעֻבַּדubad

serve

To serve a person.

Where else “ubad” appears

The context

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.

3 · This verse (above)

4that you will take up this poem against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, the fury has ceased!

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