Hear,שִׁמְעוּheavens,שָׁמַיִםand listen,וְהַאֲזִינִיearth,אֶרֶץforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas spoken:דִּבֵּרChildrenבָּנִיםI have rearedגִּדַּלְתִּיand brought up,וְרוֹמַמְתִּיbut theyוְהֵםhave transgressedפָּשְׁעוּagainst me.בִי
Isaiah 1:2
Study it in the app“Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for YHWH has spoken: Children I have reared and brought up, but they have transgressed against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:2, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and listenהַאֲזִינִיhaazini
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazini” appears- earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- Childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- I have rearedגִּדַּלְתִּיgidalti
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “gidalti” appears- and brought upרוֹמַמְתִּיromamti
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “romamti” appears- have transgressedפָּשְׁעוּpashu
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “pashu” appears
The context
1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 · This verse (above)
3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey the manger of its master; Israel does not know, my people does not understand.