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Isaiah 56:3-5

3Neither let the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of the strangerהַנֵּכָ֗רha.ne.KharH5236,that hath joinedהַנִּלְוָ֤הha.nil.VahH3867himself to Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,speakיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath utterlyהַבְדֵּ֧לhav.DelH914separatedיַבְדִּילַ֛נִיyav.di.La.niH914me from his peopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971:neither let the eunuchהַסָּרִ֔יסha.sa.RisH5631sayיֹאמַר֙yo.MarH559, Behold, I ama dryיָבֵֽשׁ׃ סya.VeshH3002treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086.

4For thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068unto the eunuchsלַסָּֽרִיסִים֙la.sa.ri.SimH5631that keepיִשְׁמְרוּ֙yish.me.RuH8104my sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔יsha.be.to.TaiH7676,and chooseוּבָֽחֲר֖וּu.va.cha.RuH977the thingsthat pleaseחָפָ֑צְתִּיcha.Fa.tze.tiH2654me, and take holdוּמַחֲזִיקִ֖יםu.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388of my covenantבִּבְרִיתִֽי׃biv.ri.TiH1285;

5Even unto them will I giveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414in mine houseבְּבֵיתִ֤יbe.vei.TiH1004and within my wallsוּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙u.ve.cho.mo.TaiH2346a placeיָ֣דyadH3027and a nameוָשֵׁ֔םva.ShemH8034betterט֖וֹבTovH2896than of sonsמִבָּנִ֣יםmi.ba.NimH1121and of daughtersוּמִבָּנ֑וֹתu.mi.ba.NotH1323:I will giveאֶתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414them an everlastingעוֹלָם֙o.LamH5769nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034,that shall not be cut offיִכָּרֵֽת׃ סyi.ka.RetH3772.

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