Isaiah

Isaiah 43:3–4

³For I am the LORD your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I give Egypt for your ransom,

Cush^a and Seba in your place.

⁴Because you are precious and honored in My sight,

and because I love you,

I will give men in exchange for you

and nations in place of your life.

Footnotes

a 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region

Read all of Isaiah 43

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Isaiah 43:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֗י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I	אֲנִי֙	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
the Holy	קְד֥וֹשׁ	qə·ḏō·wōš	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H6918 sacred, holy
One of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
your Savior	מוֹשִׁיעֶ֑ךָ	mō·wō·šî·‘e·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3467 deliver
I give	נָתַ֤תִּי	nā·ṯat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
your ransom	כָפְרְךָ֙	ḵā·p̄ə·rə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3724 the price of a life, ransom
Cush	כּ֥וּשׁ	kūš	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3568 Cush
and Seba	וּסְבָ֖א	ū·sə·ḇā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5434 Seba
in your place	תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃	taḥ·te·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H8478 the under part

Isaiah 43:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because	מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר	mê·’ă·šer	Preposition-m; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you are precious	יָקַ֧רְתָּ	yā·qar·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3365 be precious, prized, appraised
and honored	נִכְבַּ֖דְתָּ	niḵ·baḏ·tā	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
in My sight	בְעֵינַ֛י	ḇə·‘ê·nay	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
and	וַאֲנִ֣י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
love you	אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ	’ă·haḇ·tî·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H157 love
I will give	וְאֶתֵּ֤ן	wə·’et·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
men	אָדָם֙	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
in exchange for you	תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָ	taḥ·te·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H8478 the under part
and nations	וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים	ū·lə·’um·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H3816 people
in place of	תַּ֥חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
your life	נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃	nap̄·še·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 43:3 Isaiah 60:16 · Isaiah 45:15 · Isaiah 49:26 · 2 Chronicles 14:9–14 · Exodus 20:2 · Proverbs 21:18 · Isaiah 45:21 · Titus 3:4–6 · Jude 1:25 · Hosea 13:4 · Isaiah 30:11 · Proverbs 11:8

Isaiah 43:4 Deuteronomy 7:6–8 · 1 Peter 2:9 · Jeremiah 31:3 · Revelation 3:9 · Genesis 12:2 · Hosea 11:1 · John 16:27 · Deuteronomy 32:9–14 · John 17:23 · Exodus 19:5–6 · Deuteronomy 26:18 · Deuteronomy 14:2

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.