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Whyלָמָּהdo you say,תֹאמַרJacob,יַעֲקֹבand speak,וּתְדַבֵּרIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵל“My wayדַרְכִּיis hiddenנִסְתְּרָהfrom YHWH,מֵיְהוָהand from my Elohimוּמֵאֱלֹהַיmy rightמִשְׁפָּטִיpasses away”?יַעֲבוֹר
Isaiah 40:27
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Isaiah 40:27, word by word
- do you sayתֹאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and speakתְדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- “My wayדַרְכִּdarki
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darki” appears- is hiddenנִסְתְּרָהnistra
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistra” appears- from 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- and from my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- my rightמִשְׁפָּטִmishpati
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpati” appears- passes awayיַעֲבוֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28Do you not know, or have you not heard? The eternal Elohim is YHWH, Creator of the ends of the earth; he does not grow tired nor weary; there is no searching of his understanding.