Seekדִּרְשׁוּfromמֵעַלthe bookסֵפֶרof YHWHיְהוָהand read:וּקְרָאוּnot oneאַחַת לֹאof theseמֵהֵנָּהis missing;נֶעְדָּרָהnoneאִשָּׁה לֹאlacksפָקָדוּits mate;רְעוּתָהּforכִּיmy mouth,פִיitהוּאhas commanded,צִוָּהand his spirit,וְרוּחוֹheהוּאhas gathered them.קִבְּצָן
Isaiah 34:16
Study it in the app“Seek from the book of YHWH and read: not one of these is missing; none lacks its mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his spirit, he has gathered them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 34:16, word by word
- Seekדִּרְשׁוּdirshu
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “dirshu” appears- the bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of 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- and readקְרָאוּkerau
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “kerau” appears- not oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- is missingנֶעְדָּרָהnedara
be lacking
To be absent: let no one be left out.
Where else “nedara” appears- noneאִשָּׁהisha
each
Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.
Where else “isha” appears- lacksפָקָדוּfakadu
be missing
To find something gone.
Where else “fakadu” appears- its mateרְעוּתָreuta
neighbor (woman)
Neighbor, companion (woman); "one another".
Where else “reuta” appears- my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- and his spiritרוּחruch
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruch” appears- has gathered themקִבְּצָkibtsa
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kibtsa” appears
Translation note
So says the Hebrew: “my mouth” and “his spirit.” On “spirit” in lowercase, see the note on 11:2.
The context
15There the snake will nest and lay eggs and hatch them and gather them in its shadow; yes, there the harriers will gather, each one with its mate.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it for them with the line; forever they will possess it; from generation to generation they will dwell in it.