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But now,וְעַתָּהhear,שְׁמַעJacob,יַעֲקֹבmy servant,עַבְדִּיand Israel,וְיִשְׂרָאֵלwhom I have chosen.בָּחַרְתִּי בוֹ
Isaiah 44:1
Study it in the app“But now, hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:1, word by word
- hearשְׁמַעshema
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shema” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- whom I have chosenבָּחַרְתִּיbacharti
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bacharti” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Thus says YHWH, who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you: “Do not fear, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.