Isaiah 54:2

““Enlarge the place of your tent, and the curtains of your dwellings let them stretch out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords, and your stakes strengthen.”

Isaiah 54:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 54:2, word by word

“Enlargeהַרְחִיבִיharchivi

make room, enlarge

Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.

Where else “harchivi” appears
the placeמְקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekom” appears
of your tentאָהֳלֵahole

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

Where else “ahole” appears
and the curtainsירִיעוֹתyriot

curtain

Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.

Where else “yriot” appears
of your dwellingsמִשְׁכְּנוֹתַיִmishknotayi

home

The house or place where someone lives.

Where else “mishknotayi” appears
let them stretch outיַטּוּyatu

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

Where else “yatu” appears
hold backתַּחְשֹׂכִיtachsochi

hold back

To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.

Where else “tachsochi” appears
lengthenהַאֲרִיכִיhaarichi

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

Where else “haarichi” appears
your cordsמֵיתָרַיִmetarayi

cord

The cord that ties a tent or the curtains of the courtyard to their pegs.

Where else “metarayi” appears
and your stakesיתֵדֹתַיִytedotayi

peg

A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.

Where else “ytedotayi” appears
strengthenחַזֵּקִיchazeki

repair

To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.

Where else “chazeki” appears

The context

1“Shout for joy, barren one, who did not give birth; break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who did not have birth pains; for more are the children of the desolate one than the children of the married one,” says YHWH.

2 · This verse (above)

3For to the right and to the left you will spread out; and your offspring will possess nations, and they will make desolate cities inhabited.

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