Isaiah 49:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָקֵ֨ל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ לִי֙ עֶ֔בֶד לְהָקִים֙ אֶת־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב *ונצירי **וּנְצוּרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהָשִׁ֑יב וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙ לְא֣וֹר גּוֹיִ֔ם לִֽהְי֥וֹת יְשׁוּעָתִ֖י עַד־קְצֵ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס

Transliteration

Wayyōʾmer nāqēl from-being-you to-me ʿeḇed to-hāqîm ʾeṯ-šiḇṭê Yaʿăqōḇ and-nəṣûrê Yiśrāʾēl to-hāšîḇ; ûnəṯattîḵā for-ʾôr gôyim, to-hiyôṯ yəšûʿāṯî until-end hāʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

*Wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*nāqēl*: adjective, masculine singular - too light/trifling
*ʿeḇed*: noun, masculine singular - servant/slave
*hāqîm*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct - to raise up/establish
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*šiḇṭê*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
*Yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun - Jacob
*nəṣûrê*: passive participle, qal plural construct - preserved ones of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hāšîḇ*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct - to return/restore
*ûnəṯattîḵā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will give you/make you
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
*gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - nations/peoples
*hiyôṯ*: verb, qal infinitive construct - to be
*yəšûʿāṯî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my salvation
*hāʾāreṣ*: article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*nāqēl*: too light/trifling/insignificant
*hāqîm*: to raise up/to establish/to restore
*šiḇṭê*: tribes of/rods of/clans of
*nəṣûrê*: preserved ones/protected ones/survivors
*hāšîḇ*: to return/to restore/to bring back
*ʾôr*: light/illumination/daybreak
*yəšûʿāṯî*: my salvation/my deliverance/my victory

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Referenced Verses

Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Isa 42:6 : 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Luke 24:46-47 : 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Ps 98:2-3 : 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isa 60:3 : 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
2 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
2 Kgs 3:18 : 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

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