And those from youוּ מִמְּךָwill buildבָנוּthe ancientעוֹלָםruins;חָרְבוֹתthe foundationsמוֹסְדֵיof generationדוֹרafter generationוָדוֹרyou will raise up;תְּקוֹמֵםand you will be calledוְקֹרָא לְךָ‘Repairerגֹּדֵרof breaches,פֶּרֶץrestorerמְשֹׁבֵבof pathsנְתִיבוֹתto live in.’לָשָׁבֶת
Isaiah 58:12
Study it in the app“And those from you will build the ancient ruins; the foundations of generation after generation you will raise up; and you will be called ‘Repairer of breaches, restorer of paths to live in.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:12, word by word
- will buildבָנוּvanu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanu” appears- the ancientעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears- ruinsחָרְבוֹתcharvot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charvot” appears- the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיmosde
foundation
Foundation, the base on which something rests.
Where else “mosde” appears- of generationדוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- you will raise upתְּקוֹמֵםtekomem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “tekomem” appears- and you will be calledקֹרָאkora
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kora” appears- ‘Repairerגֹּדֵרgoder
wall up, build walls
To build a wall or a stone fence. As the name of a trade, "those who build walls": masons (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6). Figuratively, to repair a breach (Isaiah 58:12) or to block someone's way (Hosea 2:6).
Where else “goder” appears- of breachesפֶּרֶץperets
breach
Breach, opening made by breaking through.
Where else “perets” appears- restorerמְשֹׁבֵבmeshovev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “meshovev” appears- of pathsנְתִיבוֹתnetivot
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivot” appears- to live in.’שָׁבֶתshavet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shavet” appears
The context
11And YHWH will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in scorched places, and your bones he will strengthen; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive.
12 · This verse (above)
13If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your desires on my holy day, and call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the holy day of YHWH ‘honorable,’ and honor it by not doing your ways, by not finding your desire nor speaking a word,