Isaiah 60:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֨ךְ ע֤וֹד הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְא֣וֹר יוֹמָ֔ם וּלְנֹ֕גַהּ הַיָּרֵ֖חַ לֹא־יָאִ֣יר לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָה־לָ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ לְא֣וֹר עוֹלָ֔ם וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ לְתִפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ

Transliteration

Not yihyeh to you yet the šemeš for ʾôr by day, and for nōgah the yārēaḥ not yāʾîr to you; and hāyâ to you YHWH for ʾôr ʿôlām, and your ʾelōhayik for your tipʾartēk.

Grammar Details

*yihyeh*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be
*šemeš*: noun, common, singular, absolute - sun
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - light
*nōgah*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - brightness/light
*yārēaḥ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - moon
*yāʾîr*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will give light/shine
*hāyâ*: verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - will be
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - everlasting/eternity
*ʾelōhayik*: noun, masculine, plural, construct with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your God
*tipʾartēk*: noun, feminine, singular, construct with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your beauty/glory

Word Meanings

*ʾôr*: light/illumination
*nōgah*: brightness/light/radiance
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual/ancient
*tipʾartēk*: your glory/your beauty/your ornament/your splendor

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
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.
Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
Ps 62:7 : 7 With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? {Selah}
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

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