Go outצְאוּfrom Babylon,מִבָּבֶלfleeבִּרְחוּfrom the Chaldeans;מִכַּשְׂדִּיםwith a voiceבְּקוֹלof joyful shoutingרִנָּהdeclare,הַגִּידוּmakeהַשְׁמִיעוּthisזֹאתheard,הַשְׁמִיעוּsend it outהוֹצִיאוּהָtoעַדthe endקְצֵהof the earth;הָאָרֶץsay,אִמְרוּ“YHWHיְהוָהhas redeemedגָּאַלhis servantעַבְדּוֹJacob.”יַעֲקֹב
Isaiah 48:20
Study it in the app“Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of joyful shouting declare, make this heard, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “YHWH has redeemed his servant Jacob.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:20, word by word
- Go outצְאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- from Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- fleeבִּרְחוּbirchu
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “birchu” appears- from the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- with a voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of joyful shoutingרִנָּהrina
joyful shout
Glad cries or songs.
Where else “rina” appears- declareהַגִּידוּhagidu
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “hagidu” appears- makeהַשְׁמִיעוּhashmiu
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hashmiu” appears- the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- sayאִמְרוּimru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “imru” 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- has redeemedגָּאַלgaal
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “gaal” appears- his servantעַבְדּavd
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avd” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
19and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the offshoots of your inward parts like its grains; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And they did not thirst when he led them through the desolate places; water from the rock he made flow for them; and he split the rock, and the water flowed.