Isaiah 42:9

“The former things, look, have come, and new things I declare; before they spring up I make you hear them.””

Isaiah 42:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 42:9, word by word

The former thingsרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot

former

What already happened or existed before, in past times.

Where else “rishonot” appears
have comeבָאוּvau

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “vau” appears
and new thingsחֲדָשׁוֹתchadashot

new

New.

Where else “chadashot” appears
declareמַגִּידmagid

declare

To announce what God does or will do.

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beforeטֶרֶםterem

not yet, before

Not yet; before.

Where else “terem” appears
they spring upתִּצְמַחְנָהtitsmachna

sprout

Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.

Where else “titsmachna” appears
I make you hear themאַשְׁמִיעashmi

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

Where else “ashmi” appears

The context

8I am YHWH; that is my name; and my glory to another I will not give, nor my praise to carved images.

9 · This verse (above)

10Sing to YHWH a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and what fills it, coastlands and their inhabitants.

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