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Shake yourselfהִתְנַעֲרִיfrom the dust,מֵעָפָרrise up,קוּמִיsit,שְּׁבִיJerusalem;יְרוּשָׁלִָםfree yourself fromהִתְפַּתְּחִיthe bondsמוֹסְרֵיof your neck,צַוָּארֵךְcaptiveשְׁבִיָּהdaughterבַּתof Zion.צִיּוֹן
Isaiah 52:2
Study it in the app“Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, sit, Jerusalem; free yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 52:2, word by word
- Shake yourselfהִתְנַעֲרִיhitnaari
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “hitnaari” appears- from the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- rise upקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- sitשְּׁבִיshevi
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevi” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- free yourself fromהִתְפַּתְּחִיhitpatchi
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “hitpatchi” appears- the bondsמוֹסְרֵיmosre
bond, fetter
A bond, a strap that holds; a chain.
Where else “mosre” appears- of your neckצַוָּארֵtsavare
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavare” appears- captiveשְׁבִיָּהsheviya
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “sheviya” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Zion
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
1Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your garments of beauty, Jerusalem, the holy city; for never again will there come into you the uncircumcised or the unclean.
2 · This verse (above)
3For thus says YHWH: “For nothing you were sold, and not with silver will you be redeemed.”