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Canהֲthe preyמַלְקוֹחַbe takenיֻקַּחfrom the mighty one,מִגִּבּוֹרorוְאִםthe captivesשְׁבִיof the righteousצַדִּיקbe rescued?יִמָּלֵט
Isaiah 49:24
Study it in the app“Can the prey be taken from the mighty one, or the captives of the righteous be rescued?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:24, word by word
- the preyמַלְקוֹחַmalkoach
plunder
What is seized in war: people and animals.
Where else “malkoach” appears- be takenיֻקַּחyukach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yukach” appears- from the mighty oneגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- the captivesשְׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- be rescuedיִמָּלֵטyimalet
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “yimalet” appears
Translation note
“Of the righteous”: so the Hebrew says; in 49:25 it says “of the tyrant.”
The context
23And 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.”
24 · This verse (above)
25For thus says YHWH: “Even the captives of the mighty one will be taken, and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; and with the one who contends with you I will contend, and your children I will save.