AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהֹוִהhas given meנָתַן לִיa tongueלְשׁוֹןof disciples,לִמּוּדִיםto knowלָדַעַתhow to sustainלָעוּתthe wearyאֶת יָעֵףwith a word;דָּבָרhe wakensיָעִירmorning by morning,בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶרhe wakensיָעִירmy earלִי אֹזֶןto hearלִשְׁמֹעַlike disciples.כַּלִּמּוּדִים
Isaiah 50:4
Study it in the app“Adonai YHWH has given me a tongue of disciples, to know how to sustain the weary with a word; he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear like disciples.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 50:4, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehovi” appears- has given meנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- a tongueלְשׁוֹןleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- of disciplesלִמּוּדִיםlimudim
disciple
One who has been taught.
Where else “limudim” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- how to sustainעוּתut
sustain, help
To sustain, to help quickly.
Where else “ut” appears- the wearyיָעֵףyaef
weary, faint
Exhausted, without strength from weariness or thirst.
Where else “yaef” appears- with a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- he wakensיָעִירyair
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “yair” appears- morning by morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- my earאֹזֶןozen
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “ozen” appears- to hearשְׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears
The context
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Adonai YHWH has opened my ear, and I did not rebel; I did not turn back.