“Iאֲנִיwill goאֵלֵךְbefore youלְפָנֶיךָand make straightאֲיַשֵּׁרthe twisted places;וַהֲדוּרִיםdoorsדַּלְתוֹתof bronzeנְחוּשָׁהI will break,אֲשַׁבֵּרand barsוּבְרִיחֵיof ironבַרְזֶלI will cut through;אֲגַדֵּעַ
Isaiah 45:2
Study it in the app““I will go before you and make straight the twisted places; doors of bronze I will break, and bars of iron I will cut through;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 45:2, word by word
- will goאֵלֵךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and make straightאֲיַשֵּׁרayasher
make straight
To keep a true course, or level the way.
Where else “ayasher” appears- the twisted placesהֲדוּרִיםhadurim
General meaning: Honour.
Where else “hadurim” appears- doorsדַּלְתוֹתdaltot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appears- of bronzeנְחוּשָׁהnechusha
bronze, copper
Bronze or copper.
Where else “nechusha” appears- I will breakאֲשַׁבֵּרashaber
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “ashaber” appears- and barsבְרִיחֵיveriche
bolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “veriche” appears- of ironבַרְזֶלvarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “varzel” appears- I will cut throughאֲגַדֵּעַagadea
cut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “agadea” appears
The context
1Thus says YHWH to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have taken hold of by his right hand, to subdue before him nations, and the loins of kings I will loosen, to open before him doors, and gates will not be shut:
2 · This verse (above)
3and I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places, so that you may know that I am YHWH, who calls you by your name, the Elohim of Israel.