Isaiah 26:15

“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.”

Isaiah 26:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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