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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהto the eunuchsלַסָּרִיסִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרkeepיִשְׁמְרוּmy Sabbaths,אֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיand chooseוּבָחֲרוּwhatבַּאֲשֶׁרpleases me,חָפָצְתִּיand hold fastוּמַחֲזִיקִיםto my covenant:בִּבְרִיתִי
Isaiah 56:4
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold fast to my covenant:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 56:4, 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- to the eunuchsסָּרִיסִיםsarisim
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appears- keepיִשְׁמְרוּyishmru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “yishmru” appears- my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtota” appears- and chooseבָחֲרוּvacharu
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “vacharu” appears- pleases meחָפָצְתִּיchafatsti
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- and hold fastמַחֲזִיקִיםmachazikim
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazikim” appears- to my covenantבְרִיתִveriti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “veriti” appears
The context
3And let not the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to YHWH say, “YHWH will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Look, I am a dry tree.”
4 · This verse (above)
5“I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters; an eternal name I will give him that will not be cut off.