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And he will raiseוְנָשָׂאa bannerנֵסfor the nationsלַגּוֹיִםfrom afar,מֵרָחוֹקand whistleוְשָׁרַקfor itלוֹfrom the endמִקְצֵהof the earth;הָאָרֶץand look,וְהִנֵּהswiftly,מְהֵרָהspeedilyקַלit comes.יָבוֹא
Isaiah 5:26
Study it in the app“And he will raise a banner for the nations from afar, and whistle for it from the end of the earth; and look, swiftly, speedily it comes.”
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Isaiah 5:26, word by word
- And he will raiseנָשָׂאnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appears- a bannerנֵסnes
banner
A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.
Where else “nes” appears- for the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- from afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- and whistleשָׁרַקsharak
whistle
To call a people with a whistle so that they gather and come.
Where else “sharak” appears- from the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- swiftlyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- speedilyקַלkal
swift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kal” appears- it comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
25Therefore the anger of YHWH burned against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.
26 · This verse (above)
27None is weary and none stumbles in it; none slumbers or sleeps; the belt of its hips is not loosened, nor is the strap of its sandals broken.