Isaiah 26:9
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
שָׁכַם
shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
תֵּבֵל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Key Terms in This Verse
לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →שָׁכַם shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Study H7925 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →תֵּבֵל têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Study H8398 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God ...
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves...
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
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