Isaiah 41:14

“Do not fear, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I help you, declares YHWH, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 41:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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גֹּאֵל

YHWH to Israel: “your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.”

Job 19:25

Isaiah 41:14, word by word

fearתִּירְאִיtiri

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

Where else “tiri” appears
wormתּוֹלַעַתtolaat

worm

A small worm, a symbol of what is weak and of what destroys.

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of 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.

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menמְתֵיmete

men

Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.

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of 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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help youעֲזַרְתִּיazarti

help

To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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and your Redeemerגֹאֲלֵgoale

Redeemer

YHWH, who rescues his people.

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is the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh

Holy One

God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.

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The context

13For I, YHWH your Elohim, hold your right hand, who say to you, “Do not fear; I help you.”

14 · This verse (above)

15Look, I have made you into a threshing sledge, sharp, new, double-edged; you will thresh mountains and crush them, and the hills like chaff you will make.

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