Isaiah 60:19

King James 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 the LORD shall 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
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.
Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and 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 In 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 LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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