Isaiah 52:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם *התפתחו **הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ מוֹסרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ ס

Transliteration

hitnʿărî mēʿāpār qûmî šəbî yərûšālaim hitpattəḥî môsrê ṣawwārēk šəbiyyâ bat-ṣiyyôn

Grammar Details

*hitnʿărî*: verb, hitpael imperative, feminine singular - shake yourself
*mēʿāpār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from dust
*qûmî*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - arise
*šəbî*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - sit/sit enthroned
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun, vocative - Jerusalem
*hitpattəḥî*: verb, hitpael imperative, feminine singular (textual variant) - loose yourself
*môsrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - bonds of
*ṣawwārēk*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your neck
*šəbiyyâ*: adjective/noun, feminine singular - captive
*bat-ṣiyyôn*: noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - daughter of Zion

Word Meanings

*hitnʿărî*: shake yourself/free yourself/rouse yourself
*mēʿāpār*: from dust/from the ground
*qûmî*: arise/stand up/get up
*šəbî*: sit/sit enthroned/dwell
*hitpattəḥî*: loose yourself/untie yourself/free yourself
*môsrê*: bonds/chains/fetters
*šəbiyyâ*: captive woman/captivity/prisoner

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:45 : 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Isa 29:4 : 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isa 51:14 : 14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

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