Isaiah

Isaiah 62:6

⁶On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen;

they will never be silent day or night.

You who call on the LORD

shall take no rest for yourselves,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your walls	חוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְ	ḥō·w·mō·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H2346 wall
O Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
I have posted	הִפְקַ֙דְתִּי֙	hip̄·qaḏ·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint
watchmen	שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים	šō·mə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
they will never	תָּמִ֖יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
be silent	יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ	ye·ḥĕ·šū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2814 be silent, inactive, still
day	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
or night	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
You who call	הַמַּזְכִּרִים֙	ham·maz·ki·rîm	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H2142 remember
on the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
shall take no	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
rest	דֳּמִ֖י	do·mî	Noun - masculine singular	H1824 cessation, pause, quiet, rest
for yourselves	לָכֶֽם׃	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.