Isaiah
Isaiah 49:9
9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
They will feed along the pathways,
and find pasture on every barren hill.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to say | לֵאמֹ֤ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| to the prisoners | לַֽאֲסוּרִים֙ | la·’ă·sū·rîm | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural | H631 tie, bind, imprison |
| Come out | צֵ֔אוּ | ṣê·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| and to those | לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר | la·’ă·šer | Preposition-l; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| in darkness | בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְ | ba·ḥō·šeḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2822 darkness, obscurity |
| Show yourselves | הִגָּל֑וּ | hig·gā·lū | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural | H1540 uncover, remove |
| They will feed | יִרְע֔וּ | yir·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7462 pasture, tend, graze |
| along | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the pathways | דְּרָכִ֣ים | də·rā·ḵîm | Noun - common plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| and find pasture | מַרְעִיתָֽם׃ | mar·‘î·ṯām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H4830 pasturing, shepherding, pasturage |
| on every | וּבְכָל־ | ū·ḇə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| barren hill | שְׁפָיִ֖ים | šə·p̄ā·yîm | Noun - masculine plural | H8205 bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 42:7 · Isaiah 42:16 · 1 Peter 2:9 · Luke 4:18 · Psalm 102:20 · Isaiah 9:2 · Isaiah 61:1 · Psalm 69:33 · Zechariah 9:11–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.