Gather yourselvesהִקָּבְצוּand come;וָבֹאוּdraw nearהִתְנַגְּשׁוּtogether,יַחְדָּוyou who escapedפְּלִיטֵיfrom the nations.הַגּוֹיִםThey do notלֹאknow,יָדְעוּthose who carryהַנֹּשְׂאִיםthe woodאֶת עֵץof their carved imageפִּסְלָםand prayוּמִתְפַּלְלִיםtoאֶלa godאֵלthat cannotלֹאsave.יוֹשִׁיעַ
Isaiah 45:20
Study it in the app“Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you who escaped from the nations. They do not know, those who carry the wood of their carved image and pray to a god that cannot save.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 45:20, word by word
- Gather yourselvesהִקָּבְצוּhikavtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “hikavtsu” appears- and comeבֹאוּvou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vou” appears- draw nearהִתְנַגְּשׁוּhitnagshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “hitnagshu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- you who escapedפְּלִיטֵיpelite
fugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “pelite” appears- from the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- those who carryנֹּשְׂאִיםnosim
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nosim” appears- the woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- of their carved imageפִּסְלָpisla
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pisla” appears- and prayמִתְפַּלְלִיםmitpallim
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “mitpallim” appears- a godאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- saveיוֹשִׁיעַyoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshia” appears
The context
19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness.’ I, YHWH, speak righteousness, I declare uprightness.
20 · This verse (above)
21Declare, and bring it forward; indeed, let them take counsel together. Who has made this heard from of old, who declared it long ago? Was it not I, YHWH? And there is no other Elohim besides me, a righteous El and Savior; there is none besides me.