And he grew upוַיַּעַלlike a young shootכַּיּוֹנֵקbefore him,לְפָנָיוand like a rootוְכַשֹּׁרֶשׁfromמֵa dryצִיָּהland;אֶרֶץhe hadלוֹnoלֹאformתֹאַרnorוְלֹאmajestyהָדָרthat we should look at him,וְנִרְאֵהוּnorוְלֹאappearanceמַרְאֶהthat we should desire him.וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ
Isaiah 53:2
Study it in the app“And he grew up like a young shoot before him, and like a root from a dry land; he had no form nor majesty that we should look at him, nor appearance that we should desire him.”
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Isaiah 53:2, word by word
- And he grew upיַּעַלyaal
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaal” appears- like a young shootיּוֹנֵקyonek
young shoot
A young shoot, a tender sprout coming from the root.
Where else “yonek” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and like a rootשֹּׁרֶשׁshoresh
root
The part of a plant under the ground that holds it up and feeds it.
Where else “shoresh” appears- a dryצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- formתֹאַרtoar
form
Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.
Where else “toar” appears- majestyהָדָרhadar
splendor, beauty
Splendor, beauty, majesty.
Where else “hadar” appears- that we should look at himנִרְאֵnire
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “nire” appears- appearanceמַרְאֶהmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- that we should desire himנֶחְמְדֵnechmde
covet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “nechmde” appears
The context
1Who has believed our message? And the arm of YHWH, upon whom has it been revealed?
2 · This verse (above)
3Despised and rejected by men, a man of pains and acquainted with sickness; and like one from whom the face is hidden, despised, and we did not esteem him.