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ForכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלyour Savior;מוֹשִׁיעֶךָI have givenנָתַתִּיas your ransomכָפְרְךָEgypt,מִצְרַיִםCushכּוּשׁand Sebaוּסְבָאin your place.תַּחְתֶּיךָ
Isaiah 43:3
Study it in the app“For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given as your ransom Egypt, Cush and Seba in your place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 43:3, word by word
- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- your Saviorמוֹשִׁיעֶmoshie
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshie” appears- I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- as your ransomכָפְרְchafr
ransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “chafr” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appears- and Sebaסְבָאseva
Seba
Seba, a son of Cush and the people descended from him.
Where else “seva” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not sweep you away; when you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not burn against you.
3 · This verse (above)
4Because you are precious in my eyes, you are honored, and I have loved you; and I will give human beings in your place, and peoples in exchange for your soul.