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And strangersוְ זָרִיםwill standעָמְדוּand shepherdוְרָעוּyour flocks,צֹאנְכֶםand foreignersוּבְנֵי נֵכָרwill be your farmersאִכָּרֵיכֶםand your vinedressers.וְכֹרְמֵיכֶם
Isaiah 61:5
Study it in the app“And strangers will stand and shepherd your flocks, and foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 61:5, word by word
- And strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- will standעָמְדוּamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdu” appears- and shepherdרָעוּrau
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “rau” appears- your flocksצֹאנְtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and foreignersבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- and foreignersנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears- will be your farmersאִכָּרֵיikare
farmer
Farmer: one who works and sows the land.
Where else “ikare” appears- and your vinedressersכֹרְמֵיchorme
vinedresser
Vinedresser: one who tends and works the vineyards (2 Kings 25:12; Isaiah 61:5; Joel 1:11).
Where else “chorme” appears
The context
4And they will build the ancient ruins; the former desolations they will raise up; and they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of generation after generation.
5 · This verse (above)
6But you will be called priests of YHWH; ministers of our Elohim, it will be said of you; you will eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you will boast.