Let allכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםgatherנִקְבְּצוּtogether,יַחְדָּוand let the peoplesוְ לְאֻמִּיםassemble.יֵאָסְפוּWhoמִיamong themבָהֶםcan declareיַגִּידthis,זֹאתand make us hearיַשְׁמִיעֻנוּthe former things?וְרִאשֹׁנוֹתLet them giveיִתְּנוּtheir witnessesעֵדֵיהֶםand be declared righteous;וְיִצְדָּקוּand let them hearוְיִשְׁמְעוּand say,וְיֹאמְרוּ“It is truth.”אֱמֶת
Isaiah 43:9
Study it in the app“Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and make us hear the former things? Let them give their witnesses and be declared righteous; and let them hear and say, “It is truth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 43:9, word by word
- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- gatherנִקְבְּצוּnikbtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “nikbtsu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- and let the peoplesלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears- assembleיֵאָסְפוּyeasfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeasfu” appears- can declareיַגִּידyagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “yagid” appears- and make us hearיַשְׁמִיעֻyashmiu
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “yashmiu” appears- the former thingsרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonot” appears- Let them giveיִתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- their witnessesעֵדֵיede
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ede” appears- and be declared righteousיִצְדָּקוּyitsdaku
vindicate
To pronounce someone in the clear, defend their cause.
Where else “yitsdaku” appears- and sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “It is truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears
The context
8Bring out the people who are blind yet have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
9 · This verse (above)
10“You are my witnesses, declares YHWH, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am the same; before me no god was formed, and after me there will not be one.