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And I look,וְאֵרֶאand there is no one;וְאֵין אִישׁand among theseוּמֵאֵלֶּהthere is noוְאֵיןcounselor,יוֹעֵץthat I may ask themוְאֶשְׁאָלֵםand they may answerוְיָשִׁיבוּa word.דָבָר
Isaiah 41:28
Study it in the app“And I look, and there is no one; and among these there is no counselor, that I may ask them and they may answer a word.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:28, word by word
- And I lookאֵרֶאere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- and there is no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- counselorיוֹעֵץyoets
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoets” appears- that I may ask themאֶשְׁאָלֵeshale
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “eshale” appears- and they may answerיָשִׁיבוּyashivu
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashivu” appears- a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
27First to Zion: “Look, look at them”; and to Jerusalem one who brings good news I will give.
28 · This verse (above)
29Look, all of them are wickedness; nothing are their works; wind and emptiness are their cast images.