Isaiah 40:28

“Do 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.”

Isaiah 40:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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God does not grow tired, and gives strength to the wearyHopeThose who wait for YHWH renew their strengthWaiting on God

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Isaiah 40:28, word by word

knowיָדַעְתָּyadata

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yadata” appears
heardשָׁמַעְתָּshamata

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shamata” appears
The eternalעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
is 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
Creatorבּוֹרֵאbore

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

Where else “bore” appears
of the endsקְצוֹתketsot

edge

The part where something ends: the tip, the edge or the corner.

Where else “ketsot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
grow tiredיִיעַףyiaf

grow tired

To run out of strength.

Where else “yiaf” appears
wearyיִיגָעyiga

grow weary, toil

Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.

Where else “yiga” appears
searchingחֵקֶרcheker

unsearchable

Something so deep that no one can come to know it fully.

Where else “cheker” appears
of his understandingתְבוּנָתtevunat

understanding

Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.

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The context

27Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from YHWH, and from my Elohim my right passes away”?

28 · This verse (above)

29He gives strength to the tired, and to him who has no vigor he increases power.

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