Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.1", "source": "בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יוּשַׁ֥ר הַשִּׁיר־הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה עִ֣יר עָז־לָ֔נוּ יְשׁוּעָ֥ה יָשִׁ֖ית חוֹמ֥וֹת וָחֵֽל׃", "text": "In *yôm* the *hû* *yûšar* the *šîr-hazeh* in *ʾereṣ* *yehûdāh*; *ʿîr* *ʿāz* to us, *yešûʿāh* *yāšît* *ḥômôt* and *ḥēl*.", "grammar": { "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - 'in the day'", "*hû*": "demonstrative pronoun with definite article - 'that'", "*yûšar*": "hophal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'will be sung'", "*šîr-hazeh*": "masculine singular noun with demonstrative and definite article - 'this song'", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular construct - 'land of'", "*yehûdāh*": "proper noun - 'Judah'", "*ʿîr*": "feminine singular construct - 'city of'", "*ʿāz*": "adjective - 'strength/strong'", "*lānû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - 'to/for us'", "*yešûʿāh*": "feminine singular noun - 'salvation'", "*yāšît*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he will set/place'", "*ḥômôt*": "feminine plural noun - 'walls'", "*wāḥēl*": "conjunction with masculine singular noun - 'and rampart/bulwark'" }, "variants": { "*yûšar*": "will be sung/chanted/intoned", "*ʿāz*": "strength/strong/powerful/mighty", "*yešûʿāh*": "salvation/deliverance/victory/help", "*yāšît*": "sets/places/appoints/establishes", "*ḥēl*": "rampart/bulwark/fortress/outer wall" } }

Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.5", "source": "כִּ֤י הֵשַׁח֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מָר֔וֹם קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּה יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙ עַד־אֶ֔רֶץ יַגִּיעֶ֖נָּה עַד־עָפָֽר׃", "text": "For *hēšaḥ* *yōšbê* *mārôm*, *qiryāh* *niśgābāh*; *yašpîlennāh* *yašpîlāh* to *ʾereṣ*, *yaggîʿennāh* to *ʿāpār*.", "grammar": { "*hēšaḥ*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he has brought down'", "*yōšbê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - 'inhabitants of'", "*mārôm*": "masculine singular noun - 'height/high place'", "*qiryāh*": "feminine singular noun - 'city'", "*niśgābāh*": "niphal participle feminine singular - 'lofty/inaccessible'", "*yašpîlennāh*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'he will bring her down'", "*yašpîlāh*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'he will bring her down'", "*ʿad-ʾereṣ*": "preposition with feminine singular noun - 'to the ground'", "*yaggîʿennāh*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'he will make her touch/reach'", "*ʿad-ʿāpār*": "preposition with masculine singular noun - 'to the dust'" }, "variants": { "*hēšaḥ*": "brought down/humbled/bent down", "*mārôm*": "height/high place/lofty place/heaven", "*niśgābāh*": "lofty/inaccessible/elevated/unattainable", "*yašpîl*": "bring low/humble/abase/cast down", "*yaggîʿennāh*": "make touch/reach/extend to" } }

Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.9", "source": "נַפְשִׁ֤י אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ בַּלַּ֔יְלָה אַף־רוּחִ֥י בְקִרְבִּ֖י אֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ כִּ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר מִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ צֶ֥דֶק לָמְד֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל׃", "text": "*Napšî* *ʾiwwîtîḵā* in *laylāh*, also *rûḥî* in *qirbî* *ʾăšaḥărekkā*; because when *mišpāṭeḵā* to *ʾāreṣ*, *ṣedeq* *lāmdû* *yōšbê* *tēbēl*.", "grammar": { "*Napšî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my soul'", "*ʾiwwîtîḵā*": "piel perfect 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'I have desired you'", "*ballaylāh*": "preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - 'in the night'", "*ʾap-rûḥî*": "conjunction with feminine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - 'also my spirit'", "*beqirbî*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - 'within me'", "*ʾăšaḥărekkā*": "piel imperfect 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'I seek you early/earnestly'", "*kî*": "conjunction - 'because/for/when'", "*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction - 'when/as'", "*mišpāṭeḵā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your judgments'", "*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition with definite article and feminine singular noun - 'to/for the earth'", "*ṣedeq*": "masculine singular noun - 'righteousness'", "*lāmdû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they have learned'", "*yōšbê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - 'inhabitants of'", "*tēbēl*": "feminine singular noun - 'world'" }, "variants": { "*ʾiwwîtîḵā*": "desired/longed for/yearned for", "*ʾăšaḥărekkā*": "seek early/seek earnestly/seek diligently", "*mišpāṭeḵā*": "judgments/ordinances/decisions/justice", "*ṣedeq*": "righteousness/justice/rightness", "*lāmdû*": "learned/studied/taught", "*tēbēl*": "world/habitable part of earth/mankind" } }

Verse 11

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.11", "source": "יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְךָ֖ בַּל־יֶחֱזָי֑וּן יֶחֱז֤וּ וְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ קִנְאַת־עָ֔ם אַף־אֵ֖שׁ צָרֶ֥יךָ תֹאכְלֵֽם׃", "text": "*YHWH*, *rāmāh* *yādḵā* *bal-yeḥĕzāyûn*; *yeḥĕzû* and *yēbōšû* *qinʾat-ʿām*, also *ʾēš* *ṣāreḵā* *tōʾḵlēm*.", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name - 'YHWH'", "*rāmāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'is lifted up'", "*yādḵā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your hand'", "*bal-yeḥĕzāyûn*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural (archaic form) - 'they do not see'", "*yeḥĕzû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will see'", "*weyēbōšû*": "conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they will be ashamed'", "*qinʾat-ʿām*": "feminine singular construct with masculine singular noun - 'zeal for people'", "*ʾap-ʾēš*": "conjunction with feminine singular construct - 'yea, fire of'", "*ṣāreḵā*": "masculine plural participle with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your adversaries'", "*tōʾḵlēm*": "qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'it will devour them'" }, "variants": { "*rāmāh*": "lifted up/exalted/raised", "*yeḥĕzû*": "see/perceive/behold/observe", "*yēbōšû*": "be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded", "*qinʾat*": "zeal/jealousy/ardor/passion", "*ṣāreḵā*": "adversaries/enemies/foes/opponents" } }

Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.14", "source": "מֵתִים֙ בַּל־יִחְי֔וּ רְפָאִ֖ים בַּל־יָקֻ֑מוּ לָכֵ֤ן פָּקַ֙דְתָּ֙ וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וַתְּאַבֵּ֥ד כָּל־זֵ֖כֶר לָֽמוֹ׃", "text": "*Mētîm* *bal-yiḥyû*, *repāʾîm* *bal-yāqumû*; therefore *pāqadtā* and *tašmîdēm* and *teʾabbēd* all *zēḵer* for them.", "grammar": { "*Mētîm*": "masculine plural adjective - 'dead'", "*bal-yiḥyû*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will not live'", "*repāʾîm*": "masculine plural noun - 'shades/ghosts/departed spirits'", "*bal-yāqumû*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will not rise'", "*lāḵēn*": "adverb - 'therefore/thus'", "*pāqadtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have visited/attended to'", "*wattašmîdēm*": "conjunction with hiphil imperfect consecutive 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'and you destroyed them'", "*watteʾabbēd*": "conjunction with piel imperfect consecutive 2nd person masculine singular - 'and you made perish'", "*kol-zēḵer*": "masculine singular construct with masculine singular noun - 'all memory'", "*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic) - 'of them'" }, "variants": { "*Mētîm*": "dead/dead ones/deceased", "*repāʾîm*": "shades/ghosts/departed spirits/dead ones", "*pāqadtā*": "visited/attended to/appointed/punished", "*tašmîdēm*": "destroyed/annihilated/exterminated", "*teʾabbēd*": "made perish/destroyed/ruined/wiped out", "*zēḵer*": "memory/remembrance/memorial" } }

Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.18", "source": "הָרִ֣ינוּ חַ֔לְנוּ כְּמ֖וֹ יָלַ֣דְנוּ ר֑וּחַ יְשׁוּעֹת֙ בַּל־נַ֣עֲשֶׂה אֶ֔רֶץ וּבַֽל־יִפְּל֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל׃", "text": "*Hārînû*, *ḥalnû*, like *yāladnû* *rûaḥ*; *yešûʿōt* *bal-naʿăśeh* *ʾereṣ* and *bal-yippelû* *yōšbê* *tēbēl*.", "grammar": { "*Hārînû*": "qal perfect 1st person plural - 'we have conceived'", "*ḥalnû*": "qal perfect 1st person plural - 'we writhed'", "*kemô*": "preposition - 'like/as'", "*yāladnû*": "qal perfect 1st person plural - 'we gave birth to'", "*rûaḥ*": "feminine singular noun - 'wind/breath'", "*yešûʿōt*": "feminine plural noun - 'salvation/deliverance'", "*bal-naʿăśeh*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 1st person plural - 'we do not accomplish'", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun - 'earth/land'", "*ûbal-yippelû*": "conjunction with adverb of negation and qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they do not fall'", "*yōšbê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - 'inhabitants of'", "*tēbēl*": "feminine singular noun - 'world'" }, "variants": { "*Hārînû*": "conceived/became pregnant", "*ḥalnû*": "writhed/twisted/trembled/were in anguish", "*yāladnû*": "gave birth to/bore/delivered", "*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit/air/gas", "*yešûʿōt*": "salvation/deliverance/victory/help", "*naʿăśeh*": "accomplish/make/do/produce", "*yippelû*": "fall/fall down/be cast down" } }

Verse 19

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.19", "source": "יִֽחְי֣וּ מֵתֶ֔יךָ נְבֵלָתִ֖י יְקוּמ֑וּן הָקִ֨יצוּ וְרַנְּנ֜וּ שֹׁכְנֵ֣י עָפָ֗ר כִּ֣י טַ֤ל אוֹרֹת֙ טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ רְפָאִ֥ים תַּפִּֽיל׃", "text": "*Yiḥyû* *mēteḵā*, *nēbēlātî* *yeqûmûn*; *hāqîṣû* and *rannēnû* *šōḵnê* *ʿāpār*, because *ṭal* *ʾôrōt* *ṭalleḵā*, and *ʾāreṣ* *repāʾîm* *tappîl*.", "grammar": { "*Yiḥyû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will live'", "*mēteḵā*": "masculine plural adjective with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your dead'", "*nēbēlātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my corpse'", "*yeqûmûn*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural (paragogic nun) - 'they will arise'", "*hāqîṣû*": "hiphil imperative masculine plural - 'awake!'", "*werannēnû*": "conjunction with piel imperative masculine plural - 'and sing!'", "*šōḵnê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - 'dwellers of'", "*ʿāpār*": "masculine singular noun - 'dust'", "*kî*": "conjunction - 'because/for'", "*ṭal*": "masculine singular construct - 'dew of'", "*ʾôrōt*": "masculine plural noun - 'lights'", "*ṭalleḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your dew'", "*wāʾāreṣ*": "conjunction with feminine singular noun - 'and earth/land'", "*repāʾîm*": "masculine plural noun - 'shades/departed spirits'", "*tappîl*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'she will cast forth'" }, "variants": { "*mēteḵā*": "your dead ones/your deceased", "*nēbēlātî*": "my corpse/my dead body/my carcass", "*yeqûmûn*": "will arise/will stand up/will be established", "*hāqîṣû*": "awake/wake up/be alert/be aroused", "*rannēnû*": "sing/cry out with joy/shout joyfully", "*šōḵnê*": "dwellers/inhabitants/residents", "*ʾôrōt*": "lights/illumination/daylight", "*repāʾîm*": "shades/departed spirits/ghosts/dead ones", "*tappîl*": "cast forth/bring forth/throw down/cause to fall" } }

Verse 20

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.20", "source": "לֵ֤ךְ עַמִּי֙ בֹּ֣א בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ וּֽסְגֹ֥ר *דלתיך **דְּלָתְךָ֖ בַּעֲדֶ֑ךָ חֲבִ֥י כִמְעַט־רֶ֖גַע עַד־*יעבור־**יַעֲבָר־זָֽעַם׃", "text": "*Lēḵ* *ʿammî*, *bōʾ* in *ḥădāreḵā* and *segōr* *delāteḵā* behind you; *ḥăbî* for a little *regaʿ* until *yaʿăbor-zāʿam*.", "grammar": { "*Lēḵ*": "qal imperative masculine singular - 'go!'", "*ʿammî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'", "*bōʾ*": "qal imperative masculine singular - 'come/enter!'", "*baḥădāreḵā*": "preposition with masculine plural noun and 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'in your chambers'", "*ûsegōr*": "conjunction with qal imperative masculine singular - 'and shut'", "*delāteḵā*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your doors'", "*baʿădeḵā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'behind you'", "*ḥăbî*": "niphal imperative masculine singular - 'hide yourself!'", "*kimʿaṭ-regaʿ*": "adverb with masculine singular noun - 'for a little moment'", "*ʿad-yaʿăbor-zāʿam*": "preposition with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular and masculine singular noun - 'until the indignation passes'" }, "variants": { "*ḥădāreḵā*": "chambers/rooms/inner rooms", "*delāteḵā*": "doors/gates/entrances", "*ḥăbî*": "hide yourself/conceal yourself", "*regaʿ*": "moment/instant", "*zāʿam*": "indignation/anger/wrath/fury" } }

Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.26.21", "source": "כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יֹצֵ֣א מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ לִפְקֹ֛ד עֲוֺ֥ן יֹֽשֵׁב־הָאָ֖רֶץ עָלָ֑יו וְגִלְּתָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶת־דָּמֶ֔יהָ וְלֹֽא־תְכַסֶּ֥ה ע֖וֹד עַל־הֲרוּגֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "For behold *YHWH* *yōṣēʾ* from *meqômô* to *liṕqōd* *ʿăwōn* *yōšēb-hāʾāreṣ* upon him; and *gilletāh* *hāʾāreṣ* *ʾet-dāmeyhā*, and not *teḵasseh* anymore upon *hărûgeyhā*.", "grammar": { "*Kî-hinnēh*": "conjunction with demonstrative particle - 'for behold'", "*YHWH*": "divine name - 'YHWH'", "*yōṣēʾ*": "qal participle masculine singular - 'coming out'", "*mimmeqômô*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'from his place'", "*liṕqōd*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - 'to visit/punish'", "*ʿăwōn*": "masculine singular construct - 'iniquity of'", "*yōšēb-hāʾāreṣ*": "qal participle masculine singular construct with definite article and feminine singular noun - 'inhabitant of the earth'", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'upon him'", "*wegilletāh*": "conjunction with piel perfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'and she will uncover'", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article with feminine singular noun - 'the earth'", "*ʾet-dāmeyhā*": "direct object marker with masculine plural noun and 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'her blood'", "*welōʾ-teḵasseh*": "conjunction with adverb of negation and piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'and she will not cover'", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - 'still/yet/anymore'", "*ʿal-hărûgeyhā*": "preposition with masculine plural passive participle and 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'upon her slain'" }, "variants": { "*yōṣēʾ*": "coming out/going forth/emerging/departing", "*liṕqōd*": "to visit/to punish/to attend to", "*ʿăwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment/sin", "*gilletāh*": "uncover/reveal/disclose/expose", "*dāmeyhā*": "her blood/her bloodshed/her bloodguilt", "*teḵasseh*": "cover/hide/conceal", "*hărûgeyhā*": "her slain/her killed/her murdered" } }