Isaiah 23:18

“And her profit and her wages will be holy to YHWH; it will not be stored up nor hoarded; for for those who dwell before YHWH her profit will be for eating to satisfaction and for splendid clothing.”

Isaiah 23:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 23:18, word by word

her profitסַחְרָsachra

profit, gain

The profit gained by trading.

Where else “sachra” appears
and her wagesאֶתְנַנָּetnana

wages of a prostitute

The pay of a prostitute; also a gift.

Where else “etnana” appears
will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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 “yhva” appears
be stored upיֵאָצֵרyeatser

store up

Gather goods and keep them for later.

Where else “yeatser” appears
hoardedיֵחָסֵןyechasen

store up

To store up, to hoard, to keep in reserve.

Where else “yechasen” appears
for those who dwellיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshvim” appears
before YHWHפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fene” appears
for eatingאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears
to satisfactionשָׂבְעָהsava

fullness, satisfying

Satisfaction, enough to eat: eating until one is full.

Where else “sava” appears
and for splendidעָתִיקatik

choice, splendid

Choice, splendid, of old and prized value.

Where else “atik” appears
clothingמְכַסֶּהmechase

covering

What covers: an awning, a garment, the worms covering a body; in Leviticus 9:19, the fat that wraps the inner parts.

Where else “mechase” appears

The context

17And it will happen, at the end of seventy years, that YHWH will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages, and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.

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