Let them bring them forwardיַגִּישׁוּand declareוְיַגִּידוּto usלָנוּwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרwill happen;תִּקְרֶינָהthe former things,הָרִאשֹׁנוֹתwhatמָהthey were,הֵנָּהdeclare,הַגִּידוּthat we may setוְנָשִׂימָהour heart on themלִבֵּנוּand knowוְנֵדְעָהtheir end;אַחֲרִיתָןorאוֹthe things to comeהַבָּאוֹתmake us hear.הַשְׁמִיעֻנוּ
Isaiah 41:22
Study it in the app“Let them bring them forward and declare to us what will happen; the former things, what they were, declare, that we may set our heart on them and know their end; or the things to come make us hear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:22, word by word
- Let them bring them forwardיַגִּישׁוּyagishu
bring near
To carry something over, or present a gift.
Where else “yagishu” appears- and declareיַגִּידוּyagidu
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “yagidu” appears- will happenתִּקְרֶינָהtikrena
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “tikrena” appears- the former thingsרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonot” appears- that we may setנָשִׂימָהnasima
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “nasima” appears- our heart on themלִבֵּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- and knowנֵדְעָהneda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “neda” appears- their endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- the things to comeבָּאוֹתbaot
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baot” appears- make us hearהַשְׁמִיעֻhashmiu
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hashmiu” appears
The context
21“Bring near your dispute,” says YHWH; “bring forward your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
22 · This verse (above)
23Declare the things that are coming hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; indeed, do good or do harm, that we may look about in anguish and see it together.