ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Redeemerגֹּאֵלof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלhis Holy One,קְדוֹשׁוֹto the one despisedלִבְזֹהin soul,נֶפֶשׁto the one abhorredלִמְתָעֵבby the nation,גּוֹיto the slaveלְעֶבֶדof rulers:מֹשְׁלִים“Kingsמְלָכִיםwill seeיִרְאוּand rise up,וָקָמוּprinces,שָׂרִיםand they will bow down,וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּbecause ofלְמַעַןYHWH,יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרis faithful,נֶאֱמָןthe Holy Oneקְדֹשׁof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwho has chosen you.”וַיִּבְחָרֶךָּ
Isaiah 49:7
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the one despised in soul, to the one abhorred by the nation, to the slave of rulers: “Kings will see and rise up, princes, and they will bow down, because of YHWH, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:7, 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- the Redeemerגֹּאֵלgoel
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goel” 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- his Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appears- to the one despisedבְזֹהvezo
despised
Despised, held in contempt.
Where else “vezo” appears- in soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- to the one abhorredמְתָעֵבmetaev
abhor
To reject something in disgust, or be rejected so.
Where else “metaev” appears- by the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- to the slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- of rulersמֹשְׁלִיםmoshlim
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshlim” appears- “Kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- will seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- and rise upקָמוּkamu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamu” appears- princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears- and they will bow downיִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּyishtachauu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachauu” appears- is faithfulנֶאֱמָןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- who has chosen youיִּבְחָרֶyivchare
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchare” appears
The context
6he said: “It is too small a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved ones of Israel; I will make you also a light of the nations, to be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Thus says YHWH: “In a time of favor I answered you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; and I will keep you and make you a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate inheritances;