Isaiah 30:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה אוֹר־הַלְּבָנָה כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה וְאוֹר הַחַמָּה יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם כְּאוֹר שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים בְּיוֹם חֲבֹשׁ יְהוָה אֶת־שֶׁבֶר עַמּוֹ וּמַחַץ מַכָּתוֹ יִרְפָּא׃

Transliteration

And [the] ʾôr of the hallebānâ shall hāyâ like [the] ʾôr of the haḥammâ, and [the] ʾôr of the haḥammâ shall yihyeh šibʿātayim like [the] ʾôr of seven hayyāmîm, in [the] day when Yhwh binds up [the] šeber of his people and heals [the] maḥaṣ of his makkātô.

Grammar Details

• *ʾôr*: masculine singular construct - light of
• *hallebānâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the moon
• *hāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it was/became
• *haḥammâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the sun
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *šibʿātayim*: dual/masculine noun - sevenfold
• *hayyāmîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the days
• *Yhwh*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *šeber*: masculine singular construct - fracture/breach of
• *maḥaṣ*: masculine singular construct - wound/blow of
• *makkātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wound

Word Meanings

• *ʾôr*: light of/illumination of
• *hallebānâ*: the moon/lunar body
• *hāyâ*: it was/became/will be
• *haḥammâ*: the sun/solar body
• *yihyeh*: it will be/become/happen
• *šibʿātayim*: sevenfold/seven times as much
• *hayyāmîm*: the days/time period
• *šeber*: fracture/breach/breaking of
• *maḥaṣ*: wound/blow/injury of
• *makkātô*: his wound/strike/plague

Referenced Verses

• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
• Job 5:18 : 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
• Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
• Isa 11:9 : 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
• Jer 33:5-6 : 5 while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city: 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
• Lam 2:13 : 13 What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
• Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.
• Zech 14:7 : 7 but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
• Heb 6:1-2 : 1 Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.