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Like birdsכְּצִפֳּרִיםthat fly,עָפוֹתsoכֵּןYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתwill protectיָגֵןJerusalem,עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָםprotectingגָּנוֹןand delivering,וְהִצִּילpassing overפָּסֹחַand rescuing.”וְהִמְלִיט
Isaiah 31:5
Study it in the app“Like birds that fly, so YHWH Tsevaot will protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and rescuing.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 31:5, word by word
- Like birdsצִפֳּרִיםtsiporim
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsiporim” appears- that flyעָפוֹתafot
fly
To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.
Where else “afot” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- will protectיָגֵןyagen
protect, defend
Protect, defend by surrounding on every side, like one who covers with a shield. In the Bible the subject is always YHWH, who protects Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:34; 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Zechariah 12:8).
Where else “yagen” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and deliveringהִצִּילhitsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsil” appears- passing overפָּסֹחַpasoach
pass over
To skip over a house to protect it.
Where else “pasoach” appears- and rescuingהִמְלִיטhimlit
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “himlit” appears
Translation note
“Passing over” is the verb of Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23, 27).
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
4For thus YHWH said to me: “As the lion growls, and the young lion, over its prey, when a full band of shepherds is called out against it, at their voice it is not terrified, and at their tumult it is not abashed, so YHWH Tsevaot will come down to wage war upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
5 · This verse (above)
6Return to the one against whom they have made deep the rebellion, sons of Israel.