And there will be leftוְנִשְׁאַרin itבּוֹgleanings,עוֹלֵלֹתas when beatingכְּנֹקֶףan olive tree:זַיִתtwo,שְׁנַיִםthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהolivesגַּרְגְּרִיםat the topבְּרֹאשׁof the highest branch,אָמִירfour,אַרְבָּעָהfiveחֲמִשָּׁהon its fruitfulפֹּרִיָּהbranches,בִּסְעִפֶיהָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Isaiah 17:6
Study it in the app“And there will be left in it gleanings, as when beating an olive tree: two, three olives at the top of the highest branch, four, five on its fruitful branches, declares YHWH, Elohim of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:6, word by word
- And there will be leftנִשְׁאַרnishar
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appears- gleaningsעוֹלֵלֹתolelot
gleanings
Gleanings: the little that is left in the vineyard or the field after the harvest and is gathered at the end (Leviticus 19:10).
Where else “olelot” appears- as when beatingנֹקֶףnokef
beating (of olives)
The beating of an olive tree to knock down its fruit.
Where else “nokef” appears- an olive treeזַיִתzayit
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zayit” appears- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- olivesגַּרְגְּרִיםgargrim
olive, berry
An olive or berry left on the tree.
Where else “gargrim” appears- at the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the highest branchאָמִירamir
highest branch
The topmost bough of a tree.
Where else “amir” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- on its fruitfulפֹּרִיָּהporiya
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “poriya” appears- branchesסְעִפֶיseife
branch
The high branches of a tree, where the last fruit is left.
Where else “seife” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
5And it will be as when one gathers the harvest, the standing grain, and his arm reaps the ears; and it will be like one who gleans ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 · This verse (above)
7On that day the human being will look to his Maker, and his eyes will see the Holy One of Israel.