Isaiah 54:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙ עֹשַׂ֔יִךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמ֑וֹ וְגֹֽאֲלֵךְ֙ קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יִקָּרֵֽא׃

Transliteration

Kî bōʿălayik ʿōśayik Yhwh ṣəbāʾôt šəmô wə-gōʾălēk qədôš Yiśrāʾēl ʾĕlōhê kol-hāʾāreṣ yiqqārēʾ

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for/because
*bōʿălayik*: verb, participle, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your husband/master
*ʿōśayik*: verb, participle, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your maker
*Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ṣəbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - of hosts/armies
*šəmô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
*wə-gōʾălēk*: conjunction + verb, participle, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - and your redeemer
*qədôš*: adjective, masculine singular construct - holy one of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*kol-hāʾāreṣ*: noun, masculine singular + definite article + noun, feminine singular - all the earth
*yiqqārēʾ*: verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, niphal - he will be called

Word Meanings

*bōʿălayik*: your husband/your master/your owner
*ʿōśayik*: your maker/your creator
*ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies
*gōʾălēk*: your redeemer/your vindicator/your avenger
*qədôš*: holy one/set-apart one
*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
*yiqqārēʾ*: will be called/will be named

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Hos 2:19-20 : 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
John 3:29 : 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.
Eph 5:25-27 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Jer 3:14 : 14 Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the] [God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also: 30 if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
2 Cor 11:2-3 : 2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, {G3779} your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.
Zech 14:9 : 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Ps 45:10-17 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house: 11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; And reverence thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. 13 The king's daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
Eph 5:32 : 32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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