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Look,הֵןas a witnessעֵדto peoplesלְאוּמִּיםI have given him,נְתַתִּיוa leaderנָגִידand commanderוּמְצַוֵּהof peoples.לְאֻמִּים
Isaiah 55:4
Study it in the app“Look, as a witness to peoples I have given him, a leader and commander of peoples.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 55:4, word by word
- as a witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- to peoplesלְאוּמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears- I have given himנְתַתִּיnetati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netati” appears- a leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- and commanderמְצַוֵּהmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears
The context
3Incline your ear and come to me; listen, and your soul will live; and I will make with you an eternal covenant, the loyal loves of David, that are sure.
4 · This verse (above)
5Look, a nation that you do not know you will call, and a nation that did not know you will run to you, because of YHWH your Elohim, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.