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Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהdarknessהַחֹשֶׁךְwill coverיְכַסֶּהthe earth,אֶרֶץand thick cloudוַעֲרָפֶלthe peoples;לְאֻמִּיםbut upon youוְעָלַיִךְYHWHיְהוָהwill rise,יִזְרַחand his gloryוּכְבוֹדוֹwill be seenיֵרָאֶהupon you.עָלַיִךְ
Isaiah 60:2
Study it in the app“For look, darkness will cover the earth, and thick cloud the peoples; but upon you YHWH will rise, and his glory will be seen upon you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 60:2, word by word
- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- will coverיְכַסֶּהyechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechase” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- and thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel
thick darkness
Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.
Where else “arafel” appears- the peoplesלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” 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- will riseיִזְרַחyizrach
rise, shine
Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.
Where else “yizrach” appears- and his gloryכְבוֹדchevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevod” appears- will be seenיֵרָאֶהyerae
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yerae” appears
The context
1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of YHWH has risen upon you.
2 · This verse (above)
3And nations will walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.