“I will give themוְנָתַתִּי לָהֶםin my houseבְּבֵיתִיand within my wallsוּבְחוֹמֹתַיa memorialיָדand a nameוָשֵׁםbetterטוֹבthan that ofמִsonsבָּנִיםand daughters;וּמִבָּנוֹתan eternalעוֹלָםnameשֵׁםI will give himאֶתֶּן לוֹthatאֲשֶׁרwill notלֹאbe cut off.יִכָּרֵת
Isaiah 56:5
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 56:5, word by word
- “I will give themנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- in my houseבֵיתִveti
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “veti” appears- and within my wallsחוֹמֹתַchomota
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomota” appears- a memorialיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and a nameשֵׁםshem
renown
Fame, good name.
Where else “shem” appears- betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “banot” appears- an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- be cut offיִכָּרֵתyikaret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikaret” appears
Translation note
“Memorial”: in Hebrew, “hand,” that is, a monument that keeps someone’s memory (2 Samuel 18:18).
The context
4For thus says YHWH to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold fast to my covenant:
5 · This verse (above)
6And the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to YHWH, to serve him, and to love the name of YHWH, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it, and who hold fast to my covenant: