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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“For nothingחִנָּםyou were sold,נִמְכַּרְתֶּםand notוְלֹאwith silverבְכֶסֶףwill you be redeemed.”תִּגָּאֵלוּ
Isaiah 52:3
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH: “For nothing you were sold, and not with silver will you be redeemed.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 52:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- “For nothingחִנָּםchinam
free
Free, at no cost.
Where else “chinam” appears- you were soldנִמְכַּרְתֶּםnimkartem
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkartem” appears- with silverכֶסֶףchesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appears- will you be redeemedתִּגָּאֵלוּtigaelu
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “tigaelu” appears
The context
2Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, sit, Jerusalem; free yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
3 · This verse (above)
4For thus says Adonai YHWH: “To Egypt my people went down at the first to reside as aliens there; and Assyria oppressed them without cause.