Isaiah 66:13

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{ "verseID": "Isaiah.66.13", "source": "כְּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִמּ֖וֹ תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ כֵּ֤ן אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם וּבִירֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃", "text": "Like-*ʾîš* whom *ʾimmô* *tĕnaḥămennû*, so I *ʾănaḥemḵem*, and-in-*yĕrûšālam* *tĕnuḥāmû*.", "grammar": { "*kĕ-ʾîš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a man", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom", "*ʾimmô*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother", "*tĕnaḥămennû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - she comforts him", "*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus", "*ʾānōḵî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʾănaḥemḵem*": "piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - I will comfort you", "*û-ḇî-rûšālam*": "conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and in Jerusalem", "*tĕnuḥāmû*": "pual imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will be comforted" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš*": "man/person/individual", "*ʾimmô*": "his mother/the one who bore him", "*tĕnaḥămennû*": "she comforts him/consoles him/calms him", "*ʾănaḥemḵem*": "I will comfort you/console you/calm you", "*tĕnuḥāmû*": "you will be comforted/consoled/calmed" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִמּ֖וֹ תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ כֵּ֤ן אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם וּבִירֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃

Transliteration

Like-ʾîš whom ʾimmô tĕnaḥămennû, so I ʾănaḥemḵem, and-in-yĕrûšālam tĕnuḥāmû.

Grammar Details

• *kĕ-ʾîš*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a man
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *ʾimmô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
• *tĕnaḥămennû*: piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - she comforts him
• *kēn*: adverb - so/thus
• *ʾānōḵî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾănaḥemḵem*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - I will comfort you
• *û-ḇî-rûšālam*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and in Jerusalem
• *tĕnuḥāmû*: pual imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will be comforted

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš*: man/person/individual
• *ʾimmô*: his mother/the one who bore him
• *tĕnaḥămennû*: she comforts him/consoles him/calms him
• *ʾănaḥemḵem*: I will comfort you/console you/calm you
• *tĕnuḥāmû*: you will be comforted/consoled/calmed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As one{H376} whom his mother{H517} comforteth,{H5162} so will I comfort{H5162} you; and ye shall be comforted{H5162} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As one{H376} whom his mother{H517} comforteth{H5162}{(H8762)}, so will I comfort{H5162}{(H8762)} you; and ye shall be comforted{H5162}{(H8792)} in Jerusalem{H3389}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For like as a childe is comforted of his mother, so shal I conforte you, and ye shalbe comforted in Ierusalem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For lyke as a chylde is comforted of his mother: so shall I comfort you, and ye shalbe comforted in Hierusalem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Isaiah.51.3", "source": "כִּֽי־נִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה צִיּ֗וֹן נִחַם֙ כָּל־חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ כְּעֵ֔דֶן וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ כְּגַן־יְהוָ֑ה שָׂשׂ֤וֹן וְשִׂמְחָה֙ יִמָּ֣צֵא בָ֔הּ תּוֹדָ֖ה וְק֥וֹל זִמְרָֽה", "text": "*kî-niḥam YHWH ṣiyyôn niḥam kol-ḥorbōtêhā wayyāśem midbārāh kə'ēden wə'arbātāh kəgan-YHWH śāśôn wəśimḥâ yimmāṣē' bāh tôdâ wəqôl zimrâ*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*niḥam*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he comforted/consoled", "YHWH": "proper noun - divine name", "*ṣiyyôn*": "proper noun, feminine - Zion", "*niḥam*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he comforted/consoled", "*kol-ḥorbōtêhā*": "noun construct + noun feminine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - all her ruins/waste places", "*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he made/placed", "*midbārāh*": "common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her wilderness/desert", "*kə'ēden*": "preposition + proper noun - like Eden", "*wə'arbātāh*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her desert plain", "*kəgan-YHWH*": "preposition + common noun construct + divine name - like garden of YHWH", "*śāśôn*": "common noun, masculine singular - joy/gladness", "*wəśimḥâ*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and happiness/rejoicing", "*yimmāṣē'*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be found", "*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her", "*tôdâ*": "common noun, feminine singular - thanksgiving/praise", "*wəqôl*": "conjunction + common noun, masculine singular - and voice/sound", "*zimrâ*": "common noun, feminine singular - melody/song" }, "variants": { "*niḥam*": "comforted/consoled/had compassion on", "*ḥorbōtêhā*": "ruins/waste places/desolations", "*midbārāh*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land", "*'arbātāh*": "desert plain/wilderness/steppe", "*śāśôn*": "joy/gladness/delight", "*śimḥâ*": "happiness/rejoicing/pleasure", "*tôdâ*": "thanksgiving/praise/confession", "*zimrâ*": "melody/song/praise-music" } }
• 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.2.7", "source": "δυνάμενοι ἕν βάρει εἶναι, ὥς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι. ⋄Ἀλλʼ ἐγενήθημεν ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ἂν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα:", "text": "*Dynamenoi* in *barei* *einai*, as *Christou* *apostoloi*. *All'* we *egenēthēmen* *ēpioi* in *mesō* of you, as if *trophos* would *thalpē* the *heautēs* *tekna*:", "grammar": { "*Dynamenoi*": "present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being able", "*barei*": "dative, neuter, singular - weight/burden/authority", "*einai*": "present active infinitive - to be", "*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ", "*apostoloi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - apostles/messengers", "*All'*": "adversative conjunction - but/yet", "*egenēthēmen*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural - we were/became", "*ēpioi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - gentle/mild", "*mesō*": "dative, neuter, singular - midst/middle", "*trophos*": "nominative, feminine, singular - nurse/nursing mother", "*thalpē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - would cherish/care for", "*heautēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular, reflexive pronoun - her own", "*tekna*": "accusative, neuter, plural - children" }, "variants": { "*barei*": "weight/burden/authority/importance", "*egenēthēmen*": "we were/became/appeared", "*ēpioi*": "gentle/mild/kind", "*thalpē*": "cherish/care for/nurture/warm" } }
• Ps 137:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.137.6", "source": "תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֢א אֶזְכְּ֫רֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתֽ͏ִי׃", "text": "*tidbaq*-*lᵉšōnī* to *ḥikkī* if not *ʾezkᵉrēkī* if not *ʾaʿăleh* *ʾet*-*Yᵉrūšālaim* upon *rōʾš* *śimḥātī*", "grammar": { "*tidbaq*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will cling", "*lᵉšōnī*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my tongue", "*ḥikkī*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palate/roof of mouth", "*ʾezkᵉrēkī*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - I remember you", "*ʾaʿăleh*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to ascend/I exalt", "*Yᵉrūšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*rōʾš*": "masculine singular construct - head of/top of", "*śimḥātī*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my joy" }, "variants": { "*tidbaq*-*lᵉšōnī*": "let my tongue cling/may my tongue cleave", "*ḥikkī*": "my palate/roof of my mouth", "*ʾezkᵉrēkī*": "I remember you/if I do not remember you", "*ʾaʿăleh*": "I exalt/I set/I raise up", "*rōʾš* *śimḥātī*": "chief of my joy/height of my happiness/foremost of my joy" } }
• Isa 40:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.1", "source": "נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ עַמִּ֑י יֹאמַ֖ר אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃", "text": "*naḥămû naḥămû ʿammî yōʾmar ʾĕlōhêkem*", "grammar": { "*naḥămû*": "piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - repeated for emphasis", "*ʿammî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my people'", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he says/will say'", "*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - 'your God'" }, "variants": { "*naḥămû*": "comfort/console", "*ʿammî*": "my people/my nation", "*yōʾmar*": "says/will say/is saying", "*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "your God/your deity [plural form with singular meaning]" } }
• Isa 65:18-19 : 18 { "verseID": "Isaiah.65.18", "source": "כִּֽי־אִם־שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְגִ֙ילוּ֙ עֲדֵי־עַ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י בוֹרֵ֑א כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י בוֹרֵ֧א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם גִּילָ֖ה וְעַמָּ֥הּ מָשֽׂוֹשׂ׃", "text": "but *sisu* and-*gilu* until-*ʿad* that *ʾani* *boreʾ* for *hineni* *boreʾ* *ʾet*-*Yerushalayim* *gilah* and-*ʿammah* *masos*", "grammar": { "*sisu*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - rejoice", "*gilu*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - be glad", "*ʿad*": "preposition - forever", "*ʾani*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*boreʾ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - creating", "*hineni*": "interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me", "*Yerushalayim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*gilah*": "feminine singular noun - rejoicing", "*ʿammah*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her people", "*masos*": "masculine singular noun - joy" }, "variants": { "*sisu*": "rejoice/be glad/be joyful", "*gilu*": "be glad/rejoice/exult", "*ʿad*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity", "*ʾani*": "I (emphatic)", "*boreʾ*": "creating/making/forming", "*hineni*": "behold me/here I am/I am", "*Yerushalayim*": "Jerusalem (city name)", "*gilah*": "rejoicing/gladness/exultation", "*ʿammah*": "her people/her nation/her folk", "*masos*": "joy/delight/exultation" } } 19 { "verseID": "Isaiah.65.19", "source": "וְגַלְתִּ֥י בִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וְשַׂשְׂתִּ֣י בְעַמִּ֑י וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע בָּהּ֙ ע֔וֹד ק֥וֹל בְּכִ֖י וְק֥וֹל זְעָקָֽה׃", "text": "and-*galti* in-*Yerushalayim* and-*saśti* in-*ʿammi* and-not-*yishamaʿ* in-her again *qol* *bekhi* and-*qol* *zeʿaqah*", "grammar": { "*galti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will rejoice", "*Yerushalayim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*saśti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will be glad", "*ʿammi*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people", "*yishamaʿ*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be heard", "*qol*": "masculine singular construct - sound of", "*bekhi*": "masculine singular noun - weeping", "*qol*": "masculine singular construct - sound of", "*zeʿaqah*": "feminine singular noun - outcry/cry of distress" }, "variants": { "*galti*": "I will rejoice/I will exult/I will be glad", "*Yerushalayim*": "Jerusalem (city name)", "*saśti*": "I will be glad/I will rejoice/I will delight", "*ʿammi*": "my people/my nation/my folk", "*yishamaʿ*": "it will be heard/it will be perceived/it will be understood", "*qol*": "sound/voice/noise", "*bekhi*": "weeping/crying/lamentation", "*qol*": "sound/voice/noise", "*zeʿaqah*": "outcry/cry of distress/wailing" } }
• Isa 66:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Isaiah.66.10", "source": "שִׂמְח֧וּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם וְגִ֥ילוּ בָ֖הּ כָּל־אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ שִׂ֤ישׂוּ אִתָּהּ֙ מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ כָּל־הַמִּֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "*śimḥû* *ʾet*-*yĕrûšālam* and-*ḡîlû* in-her, all-*ʾōhăḇêhā*; *śîśû* with-her *māśôś*, all-those *hammitʾabĕlîm* upon-her.", "grammar": { "*śimḥû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - rejoice", "*ʾet-yĕrûšālam*": "direct object marker + proper noun - Jerusalem", "*wĕ-ḡîlû*": "conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and be glad", "*ḇāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her", "*kol-ʾōhăḇêhā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - all those loving her", "*śîśû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - rejoice", "*ʾittāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - with her", "*māśôś*": "noun, masculine singular - joy/rejoicing", "*kol-ha-mitʾabĕlîm*": "all + article + hithpael participle, masculine plural - all the ones mourning", "*ʿālêhā*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - over her" }, "variants": { "*śimḥû*": "rejoice/be glad/celebrate", "*yĕrûšālam*": "Jerusalem (proper name)", "*ḡîlû*": "be glad/rejoice/exult", "*ʾōhăḇêhā*": "those who love her/her lovers/her friends", "*śîśû*": "rejoice/be glad/exult", "*māśôś*": "joy/rejoicing/delight", "*hammitʾabĕlîm*": "those who mourn/lament/grieve", "*ʿālêhā*": "over her/concerning her/about her" } }
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.1.4", "source": "Ὁ παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν, εἰς τὸ δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει, διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως ἧς παρακαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ.", "text": "The one *parakalōn* us in all the *thlipsei* of us, for the *dynasthai* us to *parakalein* those in all *thlipsei*, through the *paraklēseōs* by which we are *parakaloumetha* ourselves by the *Theou*.", "grammar": { "*parakalōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - comforting/encouraging", "*thlipsei*": "dative, feminine, singular - affliction/trouble", "*dynasthai*": "present infinitive, middle/passive - to be able", "*parakalein*": "present infinitive, active - to comfort/encourage", "*paraklēseōs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of comfort/consolation", "*parakaloumetha*": "present indicative, passive, 1st person plural - we are being comforted", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God" }, "variants": { "*parakalōn*": "comforting/encouraging/exhorting/consoling", "*thlipsei*": "affliction/trouble/distress/suffering", "*paraklēseōs*": "comfort/consolation/encouragement" } }