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The deadמֵתִיםwill notבַּלlive;יִחְיוּshadesרְפָאִיםwill notבַּלrise;יָקֻמוּthereforeלָכֵןyou have punishedפָּקַדְתָּand destroyed them,וַתַּשְׁמִידֵםand you have madeוַallכָּלremembranceזֵכֶרof themלָמוֹperish.תְּאַבֵּד
Isaiah 26:14
Study it in the app“The dead will not live; shades will not rise; therefore you have punished and destroyed them, and you have made all remembrance of them perish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 26:14, word by word
- The deadמֵתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears- will notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- liveיִחְיוּyichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichyu” appears- shadesרְפָאִיםrefaim
shades, the dead
The shades: the dead who are in Sheol. Only plural. It is a different word, though spelled the same, from the one that names the ancient people of the Rephaim.
Where else “refaim” appears- riseיָקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- you have punishedפָּקַדְתָּpakadta
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “pakadta” appears- and destroyed themתַּשְׁמִידֵtashmide
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “tashmide” appears- remembranceזֵכֶרzecher
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zecher” appears- perishתְּאַבֵּדteabed
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “teabed” appears
The context
13YHWH our Elohim, lords besides you have ruled over us; only through you do we make mention of your name.
14 · This verse (above)
15You have added to the nation, YHWH, you have added to the nation; you have been glorified; you have moved far off all the ends of the land.