Isaiah 58:12

“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.’”

Isaiah 58:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and you will be calledקֹרָאkora

name

To give someone a name.

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‘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).

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of breachesפֶּרֶץperets

breach

Breach, opening made by breaking through.

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restorerמְשֹׁבֵבmeshovev

bring back

To return something, restore.

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of pathsנְתִיבוֹתnetivot

path

Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.

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to live in.’שָׁבֶתshavet

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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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,

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