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Isaiah 62:1 — King James Version← Study notes

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.


Isaiah 62:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 62:115 words
HebrewMeaning
לְמַ֤עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
צִיּוֹן֙ṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶחֱשֶׁ֔הʾeḥĕšeh
hold peaceverbH2814
keep silence · be silent · still
וּ/לְמַ֥עַןwləmaʿan
because ofconjH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶשְׁק֑וֹטʾešəqwōṭ
appeaseverbH8252
idleness · (at · be at · be in ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
יֵצֵ֤אyēṣēʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
כַ/נֹּ֨גַהּ֙kanōgah
brightpronH5051
light · shining
צִדְקָ֔/הּṣidəqāh
justnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
וִ/ישׁוּעָתָ֖/הּwiyšwʿātāh
deliveranceconjH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
כְּ/לַפִּ֥ידkəlapiyd
brandpronH3940
lamp · lightning · torch
יִבְעָֽרyibəʿār
be brutishverbH1197
bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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