And the ransomedוּפְדוּיֵיof YHWHיְהוָהwill return,יְשׁוּבוּןand comeוּבָאוּto Zionצִיּוֹןwith joyful shouting,בְּרִנָּהand eternalעוֹלָםgladnessוְשִׂמְחַתwill be on their head;עַל רֹאשָׁםjoyשָׂשׂוֹןand gladnessוְשִׂמְחָהthey will obtain;יַשִּׂיגוּןsorrowיָגוֹןand sighingוַאֲנָחָהwill flee.נָסוּ
Isaiah 51:11
Study it in the app“And the ransomed of YHWH will return, and come to Zion with joyful shouting, and eternal gladness will be on their head; joy and gladness they will obtain; sorrow and sighing will flee.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:11, word by word
- And the ransomedפְדוּיֵיfeduye
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “feduye” appears- of 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- will returnיְשׁוּבוּyeshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yeshuvu” appears- and comeבָאוּvau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vau” appears- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- with joyful shoutingרִנָּהrina
joyful shout
Glad cries or songs.
Where else “rina” appears- and eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- gladnessשִׂמְחַתsimchat
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simchat” appears- will be on their headרֹאשָׁrosha
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appears- joyשָׂשׂוֹןsason
joy, gladness
Joy, lively gladness.
Where else “sason” appears- they will obtainיַשִּׂיגוּyasigu
reach
To get hold of, have sufficient.
Where else “yasigu” appears- sorrowיָגוֹןyagon
sorrow, grief
Deep sorrow, grief.
Where else “yagon” appears- and sighingאֲנָחָהanacha
sighing, groaning
A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.
Where else “anacha” appears- will fleeנָסוּnasu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
10Are you not the one who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?
11 · This verse (above)
12“I, I am the same, he who comforts you. Who are you, that you fear a mortal who will die, and the son of man who is made as grass?