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“And to whomוְאֶל מִיwill you liken me,תְדַמְּיוּנִיthat I should be equal to him?”וְאֶשְׁוֶהsaysיֹאמַרthe Holy One.קָדוֹשׁ
Isaiah 40:25
Study it in the app““And to whom will you liken me, that I should be equal to him?” says the Holy One.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 40:25, word by word
- will you liken meתְדַמְּיוּtedamyu
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “tedamyu” appears- that I should be equal to himאֶשְׁוֶהeshve
be equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “eshve” appears- saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁkadosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kadosh” appears
The context
24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely has their trunk taken root in the earth, when he also blows on them, and they wither, and the storm like stubble carries them off.
25 · This verse (above)
26Lift up on high your eyes and see: who created these? He who brings out by number their army, calls them all by name; by the greatness of his vigor, and being mighty in strength, not one is missing.