And I have putוָאָשִׂיםmy wordsדְּבָרַיin your mouth,בְּפִיךָand in the shadowוּבְצֵלof my handיָדִיI have covered you,כִּסִּיתִיךָto plantלִנְטֹעַthe heavensשָׁמַיִםand to foundוְלִיסֹדthe earth,אָרֶץand to sayוְלֵאמֹרto Zion,לְצִיּוֹן‘Youאָתָּהare my people.’”עַמִּי
Isaiah 51:16
Study it in the app“And I have put my words in your mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:16, word by word
- And I have putאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- my wordsדְּבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears- in your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and in the shadowצֵלtsel
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsel” appears- of my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- I have covered youכִּסִּיתִיkisiti
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “kisiti” appears- to plantנְטֹעַnetoa
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “netoa” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and to foundיסֹדysod
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “ysod” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and to sayאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- are my people.’עַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” 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
15And I am YHWH your Elohim, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar; YHWH Tsevaot is his name.
16 · This verse (above)
17Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, Jerusalem, who drank from the hand of YHWH the cup of his fury; the goblet of the cup of reeling you drank, you drained.