Andוְkingsמְלָכִיםwill beהָיוּyour foster fathers,אֹמְנַיִךְand their princessesוְשָׂרוֹתֵיהֶםyour nursing mothers;מֵינִיקֹתַיִךְwith their facesאַפַּיִםto the groundאֶרֶץthey will bow downיִשְׁתַּחֲווּto you,לָךְand the dustוַעֲפַרof your feetרַגְלַיִךְthey will lick;יְלַחֵכוּand you will knowוְיָדַעַתְּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרthose who wait for meקוָֹיwill notלֹאbe ashamed.”יֵבֹשׁוּ
Isaiah 49:23
Study it in the app“And kings will be your foster fathers, and their princesses your nursing mothers; with their faces to the ground they will bow down to you, and the dust of your feet they will lick; and you will know that I am YHWH, that those who wait for me will not be ashamed.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:23, word by word
- kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- your foster fathersאֹמְנַיִomnayi
nurse
To care for, raise a child.
Where else “omnayi” appears- and their princessesשָׂרוֹתֵיsarote
princess, noble lady
Princess, noblewoman. Of the same family as "prince" and as the name "Sarah."
Where else “sarote” appears- your nursing mothersמֵינִיקֹתַיִmenikotayi
nurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “menikotayi” appears- with their facesאַפַּיִםapayim
face
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apayim” appears- to the groundאֶרֶץerets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “erets” appears- they will bow downיִשְׁתַּחֲווּyishtachavu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachavu” appears- and the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of your feetרַגְלַיִraglayi
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglayi” appears- they will lickיְלַחֵכוּyelachechu
lick up
Lick, pass the tongue over. In Numbers 22:4, to devour everything as an ox eats the grass.
Where else “yelachechu” appears- and you will knowיָדַעַתְּyadaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadaat” 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- those who wait for meקוָֹkvoa
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kvoa” appears- be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “yevoshu” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24Can the prey be taken from the mighty one, or the captives of the righteous be rescued?