Isaiah 26:19

With the Hebrew beneath

Isaiah 26:19, word by word

Your deadמֵתֶיmete

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “mete” appears

will liveיִחְיוּyichyu

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “yichyu” appears

my corpseנְבֵלָתִnevelati

carcass, dead body

A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.

Where else “nevelati” appears

they will riseיְקוּמוּyekumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “yekumu” appears

Awakeהָקִיצוּhakitsu

awake

To awake, to wake up from sleep.

Where else “hakitsu” appears

and shout for joyרַנְּנוּrannu

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

Where else “rannu” appears

you who dwellשֹׁכְנֵיshochne

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

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in the dustעָפָרafar

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

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your dewטַלֶּtale

dew

Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.

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of lightsאוֹרֹתorot

light

Brightness that gladdens; a picture of joy and salvation.

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and the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

will cause to fallתַּפִּילtapil

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “tapil” appears

the 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

Translation note

“My corpse” is singular in Hebrew, as a collective. “Will cause to fall” can be understood as giving birth (26:18): the earth will give back the shades, the dead.

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