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“Comfort,נַחֲמוּcomfortנַחֲמוּmy people,”עַמִּיsaysיֹאמַרyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Isaiah 40:1
Study it in the app““Comfort, comfort my people,” says your Elohim.”
“Comfort my people”: speak to the heart of Jerusalem, her iniquity is paid offComfort
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:1, word by word
- “Comfortנַחֲמוּnachamu
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nachamu” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call out to her that her service is completed, that her iniquity is paid off, that she has received from the hand of YHWH double for all her sins.”