You have addedיָסַפְתָּto the nation,לַגּוֹיYHWH,יְהוָהyou have addedיָסַפְתָּto the nation;לַגּוֹיyou have been glorified;נִכְבָּדְתָּyou have moved far offרִחַקְתָּallכָּלthe endsקַצְוֵיof the land.אָרֶץ
Isaiah 26:15
Study it in the app“You 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 26:15, word by word
- You have addedיָסַפְתָּyasafta
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yasafta” appears- to the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” 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- you have been glorifiedנִכְבָּדְתָּnichbadta
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “nichbadta” appears- you have moved far offרִחַקְתָּrichakta
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “richakta” appears- the endsקַצְוֵיkatsve
end, limit
End, limit, border; in the plural, the farthest places of the earth.
Where else “katsve” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
“You have moved far off the ends”: it can be understood that you have widened the borders.
The context
14The dead will not live; shades will not rise; therefore you have punished and destroyed them, and you have made all remembrance of them perish.
15 · This verse (above)
16YHWH, in distress they turned to you; they poured out a whisper; your correction was on them.