And you will suckוְיָנַקְתְּthe milkחֲלֵבof nations,גּוֹיִםand the breastוְשֹׁדof kingsמְלָכִיםyou will suck;תִּינָקִיand you will knowוְיָדַעַתְּthatכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהam your Saviorמוֹשִׁיעֵךְand your Redeemer,וְגֹאֲלֵךְthe Mighty Oneאֲבִירof Jacob.יַעֲקֹב
Isaiah 60:16
Study it in the app“And you will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings you will suck; and you will know that I, YHWH, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 60:16, word by word
- And you will suckיָנַקְתְּyanakt
suck
For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.
Where else “yanakt” appears- the milkחֲלֵבchalev
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalev” appears- of nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and the breastשֹׁדshod
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shod” appears- of kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- and you will knowיָדַעַתְּyadaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadaat” 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- am your Saviorמוֹשִׁיעֵmoshie
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshie” appears- and your Redeemerגֹאֲלֵgoale
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goale” appears- the Mighty Oneאֲבִירavir
Mighty One
The Mighty One, the Strong One: a name given to God ("the Mighty One of Jacob").
Where else “avir” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
15Instead of your being forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an eternal pride, a rejoicing of generation after generation.
16 · This verse (above)
17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron; and I will make your administration peace, and your taskmasters righteousness.