Isaiah 40:21

“Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?”

Isaiah 40:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 40:21, word by word

knowתֵדְעוּtedu

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “tedu” appears
hearתִשְׁמָעוּtishmau

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “tishmau” appears
been declaredהֻגַּדhugad

declare

To announce what God does or will do.

Where else “hugad” appears
from the beginningרֹאשׁrosh

beginning

Literally "the head": the first moment of something.

Where else “rosh” appears
understoodהֲבִינֹתֶםhavinotem

understand

To understand, realize.

Where else “havinotem” appears
from the foundationsמוֹסְדוֹתmosdot

foundation

Foundation, the base on which something rests.

Where else “mosdot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

The context

20The one too poor for a contribution chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to make firm a carved image that will not totter.

21 · This verse (above)

22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out like a thin veil the heavens, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

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