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Isaiah 58:11

“And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָחָהnâchâh · naw-khaw'
H5148 · Hebrew

Definition: to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
נָחֲ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
ךָ֣ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:27 Genesis 24:48 Exodus 13:17 Exodus 13:21 Exodus 15:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָחָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.