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The voiceקוֹלof your watchmen!צֹפַיִךְThey lift upנָשְׂאוּtheir voice,קוֹלtogetherיַחְדָּוthey shout for joy;יְרַנֵּנוּforכִּיeyeעַיִןto eyeבְּעַיִןthey will seeיִרְאוּthe returnבְּשׁוּבof YHWHיְהוָהto Zion.צִיּוֹן
Isaiah 52:8
Study it in the app“The voice of your watchmen! They lift up their voice, together they shout for joy; for eye to eye they will see the return of YHWH to Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 52:8, word by word
- The voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of your watchmenצֹפַיִtsofayi
watchman
One who stands guard on the wall.
Where else “tsofayi” appears- They lift upנָשְׂאוּnasu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- they shout for joyיְרַנֵּנוּyeranenu
shout for joy
To raise a glad cry.
Where else “yeranenu” appears- eyeעַיִןayin
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ayin” appears- they will seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- the returnשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” 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- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” 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
7How beautiful are on the mountains the feet of the one who brings good news, who makes peace heard, who brings good news of good, who makes salvation heard, who says to Zion, “Your Elohim reigns!”
8 · This verse (above)
9Break forth, shout for joy together, ruins of Jerusalem; for YHWH has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.