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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהyour Redeemer,גֹּאַלְךָthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל“I amאֲנִיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָwho teaches youמְלַמֶּדְךָto profit,לְהוֹעִילwho leads youמַדְרִיכֲךָin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְthat you should go.תֵּלֵךְ
Isaiah 48:17
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am YHWH your Elohim, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way that you should go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:17, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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 Redeemerגֹּאַלְgoal
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goal” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- who teaches youמְלַמֶּדְmelamed
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “melamed” appears- to profitהוֹעִילhoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “hoil” appears- who leads youמַדְרִיכֲmadricha
guide
To guide someone along the right path.
Where else “madricha” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- that you should goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears
The context
16Come near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it came to be, I was there.” And now Adonai YHWH has sent me, and his spirit.
17 · This verse (above)
18If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like the river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;