Isaiah 45:8

“Drip, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bear the fruit of salvation, and let it make righteousness sprout together; I, YHWH, have created it.””

Isaiah 45:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 45:8, word by word

Dripהַרְעִיפוּharifu

drip

To drip, to trickle.

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heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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from aboveמַּעַלmaal

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

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and let the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim

cloud

What floats in the sky and brings rain.

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pour downיִזְּלוּyizlu

flow

For water to flow strongly or drop by drop, or for something like water to run.

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righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek

righteousness

Living uprightly before God.

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let the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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openתִּפְתַּחtiftach

open

To open a door, mouth or eyes.

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and let them bear the fruitיִפְרוּyifru

be fruitful

Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.

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of salvationיֶשַׁעyesha

salvation, deliverance

Salvation, deliverance; the safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."

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and let it make righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka

righteous deeds

Doing what is just, upright deeds.

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sproutתַצְמִיחַtatsmiach

sprout

Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.

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togetherיַחַדyachad

together

Together, at the same time.

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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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have created itבְּרָאתִיberati

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

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The context

7who forms light and creates darkness, who makes peace and creates evil; I, YHWH, do all these things.

8 · This verse (above)

9Woe to him who contends with his Former, a potsherd among the potsherds of the ground! Will the clay say to the one who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?

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