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Whoמִיhas workedפָעַלand done it?וְעָשָׂהHe who callsקֹרֵאthe generationsהַדֹּרוֹתfrom the beginning:מֵרֹאשׁI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהthe first,רִאשׁוֹןand withוְאֶתthe last,אַחֲרֹנִיםIאֲנִיam the same.הוּא
Isaiah 41:4
Study it in the app“Who has worked and done it? He who calls the generations from the beginning: I, YHWH, the first, and with the last, I am the same.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:4, word by word
- has workedפָעַלfaal
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “faal” appears- and done itעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- He who callsקֹרֵאkore
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kore” appears- the generationsדֹּרוֹתdorot
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorot” appears- from the beginningרֹאשׁrosh
beginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- 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- the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- the lastאַחֲרֹנִיםacharonim
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharonim” appears
Translation note
Revelation 1:17 and 22:13 take up “the first and the last.”
The context
3He pursues them, passes on in peace, by a path that with his feet he had not gone.
4 · This verse (above)
5The coastlands saw and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they drew near and came.