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Your sunשִׁמְשֵׁךְwill noלֹאlongerעוֹדset,יָבוֹאnorוִ לֹאwill your moonירֵחֵךְwane;יֵאָסֵףforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill beיִהְיֶהyourלָּךְeternalעוֹלָםlight,לְאוֹרand the daysיְמֵיof your mourningאֶבְלֵךְwill be ended.וְשָׁלְמוּ
Isaiah 60:20
Study it in the app“Your sun will no longer set, nor will your moon wane; for YHWH will be your eternal light, and the days of your mourning will be ended.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 60:20, word by word
- Your sunשִׁמְשֵׁshimshe
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shimshe” appears- setיָבוֹאyavo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “yavo” appears- will your moonירֵחֵyreche
moon
The moon, which marks the passing of the month.
Where else “yreche” appears- waneיֵאָסֵףyeasef
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “yeasef” 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 beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of your mourningאֶבְלֵevle
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evle” appears- will be endedשָׁלְמוּshalmu
be completed
To be finished, or kept safe.
Where else “shalmu” appears
The context
19The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; but YHWH will be your eternal light, and your Elohim will be your beauty.
20 · This verse (above)
21And your people, all of them, will be righteous; forever they will possess the land, the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, to glorify myself.