Forכִּיlike a garmentכַבֶּגֶדthe mothעָשׁwill eat them,יֹאכְלֵםand like woolוְכַצֶּמֶרthe wormסָסwill eat them;יֹאכְלֵםbut my righteousnessוְצִדְקָתִיwill beתִּהְיֶהforever,לְעוֹלָםand my salvationוִישׁוּעָתִיfor generationsלְדוֹרof generations.”דּוֹרִים
Isaiah 51:8
Study it in the app“For like a garment the moth will eat them, and like wool the worm will eat them; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for generations of generations.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:8, word by word
- like a garmentבֶּגֶדbeged
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “beged” appears- the mothעָשׁash
moth
An insect that eats clothing.
Where else “ash” appears- will eat themיֹאכְלֵyochle
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochle” appears- and like woolצֶּמֶרtsemer
wool
Wool.
Where else “tsemer” appears- the wormסָסsas
moth
A moth that eats wool.
Where else “sas” appears- but my righteousnessצִדְקָתִtsidkati
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkati” appears- will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- and my salvationישׁוּעָתִyshuati
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yshuati” appears- for generationsדוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
The context
7Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people with my instruction in their heart: do not fear the reproach of mortals, and at their insults do not be dismayed.
8 · This verse (above)
9Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of YHWH; awake as in the days of old, the generations of the ages. Are you not the one who cut to pieces Rahab, who pierced the sea monster?