Declareהַגִּידוּthe things that are comingהָאֹתִיּוֹתhereafter,לְאָחוֹרthat we may knowוְנֵדְעָהthatכִּיyouאַתֶּםare gods;אֱלֹהִיםindeed,אַףdo goodתֵּיטִיבוּor do harm,וְתָרֵעוּthat we may look about in anguishוְנִשְׁתָּעָהand see itוְנִרְאֶהtogether.יַחְדָּו
Isaiah 41:23
Study it in the app“Declare 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:23, word by word
- Declareהַגִּידוּhagidu
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “hagidu” appears- the things that are comingאֹתִיּוֹתotiyot
come
To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.
Where else “otiyot” appears- hereafterאָחוֹרachor
hereafter
What comes after, later on in time.
Where else “achor” appears- that we may knowנֵדְעָהneda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “neda” appears- are godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- do goodתֵּיטִיבוּtetivu
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “tetivu” appears- or do harmתָרֵעוּtareu
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “tareu” appears- that we may look about in anguishנִשְׁתָּעָהnishtaa
look in dismay
To look around in dismay.
Where else “nishtaa” appears- and see itנִרְאֶהnire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “nire” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears
The context
22Let 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24Look, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.