Isaiah 56:5

““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.”

Isaiah 56:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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betterטוֹבtov

better

Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.

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sonsבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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an eternalעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

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be cut offיִכָּרֵתyikaret

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

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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:

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