Isaiah 60:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֥וּמִי א֖וֹרִי כִּ֣י בָ֣א אוֹרֵ֑ךְ וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה עָלַ֥יִךְ זָרָֽח׃

Transliteration

qûmî ʾôrî kî bāʾ ʾôrēk û-ḵəḇôḏ YHWH ʿālayik zārāḥ

Grammar Details

*qûmî*: imperative, feminine singular - rise/arise
*ʾôrî*: imperative, feminine singular - shine/be bright
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*bāʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has come
*ʾôrēk*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your light
*û-ḵəḇôḏ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and glory of
*YHWH*: divine name, proper noun
*ʿālayik*: preposition with 2nd feminine singular suffix - upon you
*zārāḥ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has risen/shone

Word Meanings

*qûmî*: arise/stand up/get up
*ʾôrî*: shine/become light/be illuminated
*kî*: because/for/when/that
*bāʾ*: has come/has arrived/has entered
*ʾôr*: light/daylight/brightness/enlightenment
*kəḇôḏ*: glory/honor/splendor/abundance
*zārāḥ*: has risen/has shone/has appeared/has dawned

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Isa 52:1-2 : 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 3:19 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
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Isa 60:19-20
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20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
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