to sayלֵאמֹרto the prisoners,לַאֲסוּרִים‘Go out,’צֵאוּto those whoלַאֲשֶׁרare in darkness,בַּחֹשֶׁךְ‘Show yourselves.’הִגָּלוּAlongעַלthe roadsדְּרָכִיםthey will graze,יִרְעוּand on allוּבְכָלthe bare heightsשְׁפָיִיםwill be their pasture.מַרְעִיתָם
Isaiah 49:9
Study it in the app“to say to the prisoners, ‘Go out,’ to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ Along the roads they will graze, and on all the bare heights will be their pasture.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:9, word by word
- to sayאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- to the prisonersאֲסוּרִיםasurim
confine
To keep someone shut up, like a prisoner.
Where else “asurim” appears- ‘Go out,’צֵאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- are in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- ‘Show yourselves.’הִגָּלוּhigalu
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “higalu” appears- the roadsדְּרָכִיםderachim
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derachim” appears- they will grazeיִרְעוּyiru
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “yiru” appears- the bare heightsשְׁפָיִיםshefayim
bare height
Bare hill, a height without trees.
Where else “shefayim” appears- will be their pastureמַרְעִיתָmarita
pasture
The meadow where the flock grazes; God's people are "the sheep of his pasture".
Where else “marita” appears
The context
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;
9 · This verse (above)
10They will not hunger nor thirst, and neither the scorching ground nor the sun will strike them; for he who has compassion on them will lead them, and by springs of water he will guide them.