And YHWHיְהוָהwill createוּבָרָאover the wholeעַל כָּלsiteמְכוֹןof MountהַרZionצִיּוֹןand over her convocationsוְעַל מִקְרָאֶהָa cloudעָנָןby dayיוֹמָםand smokeוְעָשָׁןand the brightnessוְנֹגַהּof a flamingלֶהָבָהfireאֵשׁby night;לָיְלָהforכִּיover allעַל כָּלthe gloryכָּבוֹדthere will be a canopy.חֻפָּה
Isaiah 4:5
Study it in the app“And YHWH will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her convocations a cloud by day and smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 4:5, word by word
- And 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- will createבָרָאvara
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “vara” appears- siteמְכוֹןmechon
fixed place
Fixed place, dwelling place; foundation.
Where else “mechon” appears- of Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and over her convocationsמִקְרָאֶmikrae
convocation
A holy gathering of all the people.
Where else “mikrae” appears- a cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- and smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- and the brightnessנֹגַהּnogah
brightness
Brightness, shining: the light of fire, of dawn, of the sun, or of the presence of God.
Where else “nogah” appears- of a flamingלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the gloryכָּבוֹדkavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kavod” appears- there will be a canopyחֻפָּהchupa
canopy
A roof that covers and protects.
Where else “chupa” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
4when Adonai has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and has rinsed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
5 · This verse (above)
6And there will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a hiding place from the downpour and from the rain.