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Forכִּיas a young manבָּחוּרmarriesיִבְעַלa virgin,בְּתוּלָהso your sonsבָּנָיִךְwill marry you;יִבְעָלוּךְandוּas the rejoicingמְשׂוֹשׂof a bridegroomחָתָןover a bride,עַל כַּלָּהso your Elohimאֱלֹהָיִךְwill rejoiceיָשִׂישׂover you.עָלַיִךְ
Isaiah 62:5
Study it in the app“For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as the rejoicing of a bridegroom over a bride, so your Elohim will rejoice over you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 62:5, word by word
- as a young manבָּחוּרbachur
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachur” appears- marriesיִבְעַלyival
marry
To take a wife, be her spouse.
Where else “yival” appears- a virginבְּתוּלָהbetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betula” appears- so your sonsבָּנָיִbanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banayi” appears- as the rejoicingמְשׂוֹשׂmesos
joy, delight
Joy, delight; also what causes it.
Where else “mesos” appears- of a bridegroomחָתָןchatan
bridegroom
The man who is marrying or newly married.
Where else “chatan” appears- over a brideכַּלָּהkala
bride
A woman newly married.
Where else “kala” appears- so your Elohimאֱלֹהָיִelohayi
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohayi” appears- will rejoiceיָשִׂישׂyasis
rejoice
Rejoice, be very glad.
Where else “yasis” appears
Translation note
With other vowels, “your sons” reads “your builders” (see 49:17).
The context
4You will no longer be called “Forsaken,” and your land will no longer be called “Desolation”; but you will be called “My Delight Is in Her,” and your land “Married”; for YHWH delights in you, and your land will be married.
5 · This verse (above)
6Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all the day and all the night continually they will not keep silent. You who remind YHWH, let there be no rest for you,