Isaiah 61:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנוֹדַע בַּגּוֹיִם זַרְעָם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם בְּתוֹךְ הָעַמִּים כָּל־רֹאֵיהֶם יַכִּירוּם כִּי הֵם זֶרַע בֵּרַךְ יְהוָה

Transliteration

wənôdaʿ baggôyim zarʿām wəṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem bətôk hāʿammîm kol-rōʾêhem yakkîrûm kî hēm zeraʿ bērak YHWH

Grammar Details

*wənôdaʿ*: conjunction + verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it will be known
*baggôyim*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - among the nations
*zarʿām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their seed/offspring
*wəṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their descendants
*bətôk*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the midst of
*hāʿammîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the peoples
*kol-rōʾêhem*: noun, masculine singular construct + verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all who see them
*yakkîrûm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they will recognize them
*kî*: conjunction - that
*hēm*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they
*zeraʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of
*bērak*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has blessed
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name

Word Meanings

*wənôdaʿ*: it will be known/it will be recognized/it will be acknowledged
*baggôyim*: among the nations/among the gentiles
*zarʿām*: their seed/their offspring/their descendants
*wəṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem*: their descendants/their offspring
*bətôk*: in the midst of/among
*hāʿammîm*: the peoples/the nations
*yakkîrûm*: they will recognize them/they will acknowledge them
*zeraʿ* *bērak* *YHWH*: seed that YHWH has blessed/offspring whom YHWH has blessed

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Zech 8:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Rom 9:3-4 : 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Rom 11:16-24 : 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Gen 22:18 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Ps 115:14 : 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

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