Isaiah 2:3

“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.”

Isaiah 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 2:3, word by word

and manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

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peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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will goהָלְכוּhalchu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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and sayאָמְרוּamru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Comeלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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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.

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to the mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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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.

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to the houseבֵּיתbet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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of the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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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.

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and he will teach usיֹרֵyore

teach

To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.

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of his waysדְּרָכָיderachay

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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in his pathsאֹרְחֹתָיorchotay

path

A road; or a way of life.

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out of Zionצִּיּוֹןtsiyon

Zion

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will go forthתֵּצֵאtetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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instructionתוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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and the wordדְבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim

Jerusalem

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Places in this verse

ZionJerusalem
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    2 Samuel 5:7Psalms 48:2Hebrews 12:22Romans 9:33

  • 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).

    2 Samuel 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 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.

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