Isaiah 27:6

“In the days to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout, and they will fill the face of the world with produce.”

Isaiah 27:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 27:6, word by word

to comeבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

Where else “yaakov” appears
will take rootיַשְׁרֵשׁyashresh

take root

To take hold in the ground by sending out roots, like a plant that prospers.

Where else “yashresh” appears
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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will blossomיָצִיץyatsits

blossom

To put out petals; grow strong, thrive.

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and sproutפָרַחfarach

blossom

To sprout, blossom; or prosper.

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and they will fillמָלְאוּmalu

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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the faceפְנֵיfene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

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of the worldתֵבֵלtevel

world

The world: the inhabited earth.

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with produceתְּנוּבָהtenuva

produce

Produce, what the field yields.

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The context

5Or let him take hold of my stronghold, let him make peace with me; peace let him make with me.”

6 · This verse (above)

7Has he struck him like the blow of the one who struck him? Or has he been slain like the slaying of those slain by him?

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