And you will sayוְאָמַרְתְּin your heart,בִּלְבָבֵךְ‘Whoמִיhas begottenיָלַדtheseאֶת אֵלֶּהfor me?לִיIוַאֲנִיwas bereaved of childrenשְׁכוּלָהand barren,וְגַלְמוּדָהan exileגֹּלָהand set aside;וְסוּרָהand these,וְאֵלֶּהwhoמִיbrought them up?גִדֵּלLook,הֵןIאֲנִיwas leftנִשְׁאַרְתִּיby myself;לְבַדִּיthese,אֵלֶּהwhereאֵיפֹהwere they?’”הֵם
Isaiah 49:21
Study it in the app“And you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved of children and barren, an exile and set aside; and these, who brought them up? Look, I was left by myself; these, where were they?’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:21, word by word
- And you will sayאָמַרְתְּamart
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amart” appears- in your heartלְבָבֵlevave
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appears- has begottenיָלַדyalad
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalad” appears- was bereaved of childrenשְׁכוּלָהshechula
be bereaved
To lose one's children, by death or by separation.
Where else “shechula” appears- and barrenגַלְמוּדָהgalmuda
barren, desolate
Barren, bearing no fruit or life; also desolate, alone.
Where else “galmuda” appears- an exileגֹּלָהgola
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “gola” appears- and set asideסוּרָהsura
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sura” appears- brought them upגִדֵּלgidel
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “gidel” appears- was leftנִשְׁאַרְתִּיnisharti
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharti” appears- by myselfבַדִּvadi
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vadi” appears- whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears
The context
20Still they will say in your ears, the children of your loss of children: ‘The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, and I will dwell.’
21 · This verse (above)
22Thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and to the peoples I will raise my banner; and they will bring your sons in the bosom, and your daughters will be carried on the shoulder.