What Does Isaiah 63:14 Mean in the King James?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew holds wind, breath, and Spirit in one word, so the LORD’s moving breath is what settles the creature into rest.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s breath meets you in the descent and brings you to rest, while the same leading gathers you within a people. The name made splendid is the LORD’s nature becoming visible through that rest-bearing guidance.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that a descent means abandonment is unsettled here: the valley is where the LORD’s breath gives rest and the LORD’s guidance carries the people.
THE ROOT
רוּחַ
ruach
GROWS FROM
רוח
ruach
Wind, breath, or spirit: air moving or breathed.
The Hebrew word רוּחַ (ruach, wind/breath/spirit) holds these meanings together where English separates them. Here, the LORD’s רוח (ruach, moving breath) is directly joined to bringing the creature to rest.
ALSO GROWS
ruach: Wind, breath, or spirit, the same word used in this verse.
רוּחַ
Its joined meanings let the LORD’s Spirit be heard as moving breath within the scene.
ruachot: Winds; moving air, and in some contexts spirits.
רוּחוֹת
The plural carries the same word into the many winds, keeping breath and movement connected.
תְּנִיחֶנּוּ
tenichennu
GROWS FROM
נוח
nuach
To rest, settle, or bring to rest.
תְּנִיחֶנּוּ (tenichennu, bring him to rest) is causative: the LORD brings the creature into rest. The same root names rest itself and the act of settling, so the leading ends in a state the language recognizes as settled rest.
ALSO GROWS
menuchah: Rest or a resting place.
מְנוּחָה
This branch gives rest a place-like quality: the guided creature has somewhere to settle.
vattanach: And it rested or came to rest.
וַתָּנַח
Used when the ark comes to rest, this form echoes the verse’s picture of a journey reaching a settled place.
תִּפְאֶרֶת
tiferet
GROWS FROM
פאר
pa’ar
To adorn, beautify, or make splendid.
“glorious” in this verse is tiferet. The Hebrew phrase is a name of תִּפְאֶרֶת (tiferet, splendor), so the outcome is more than renown: the LORD’s nature becomes visible in splendor. The root’s language of adornment adds the sense of beauty made manifest.
ALSO GROWS
pa’ar: To adorn, beautify, or glorify.
פָּאַר
This verb shows splendor as something made visible, matching the verse’s purpose in the LORD’s leading.
pe’er: Adornment or an ornament.
פְּאֵר
This branch links the name’s splendor to beauty that can be seen.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s guidance carries people through difficulty into rest, making the LORD’s nature visible in the outcome.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.THE THREAD
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.Both verses use the נוח (nuach, rest/settling) root for rest and bringing someone to rest. Together they show rest as both a settled place and an action that brings the weary into it.
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