and manyרַבִּיםpeoplesעַמִּיםwill goוְהָלְכוּand say,וְאָמְרוּ“Come,לְכוּand let us go upוְנַעֲלֶהto the mountainאֶל הַרof YHWH,יְהוָהto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבand he will teach usוְיֹרֵנוּof his ways,מִדְּרָכָיוand we will walkוְנֵלְכָהin his paths.”בְּאֹרְחֹתָיוForכִּיout of Zionמִצִּיּוֹןwill go forthתֵּצֵאinstruction,תוֹרָהand the wordוּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהfrom Jerusalem.מִירוּשָׁלִָם
Isaiah 2:3
Study it in the app“and many peoples will go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion will go forth instruction, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem.”
All nations will go up to God's mountain, and swords will be beaten into mattocksThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 2:3, word by word
- and manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- will goהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- and sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and let us go upנַעֲלֶהnaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appears- to the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of 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- to the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of 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.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and he will teach usיֹרֵyore
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yore” appears- of his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- in his pathsאֹרְחֹתָיorchotay
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orchotay” appears- out of Zionצִּיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- will go forthתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- instructionתוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- and the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
2And it will happen at the end of the days that the mountain of the house of YHWH will be established at the top of the mountains, and it will be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it,
3 · This verse (above)
4And he will judge between the nations and decide for many peoples; and they will beat their swords into mattocks and their spears into pruning knives; nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.