Isaiah 44:2

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Isaiah 44:2, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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who made youעֹשֶׂose

make

To build or create something.

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and formed youיֹצֶרְyotser

mold

To mold, as God molded man from dust.

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from the wombבֶּטֶןbeten

womb

The belly where a mother carries her child.

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who will help youיַעְזְרֶyazre

help

To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.

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fearתִּירָאtira

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

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my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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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.

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and Jeshurunישֻׁרוּןyshurun

Jeshurun

Jeshurun: a poetic name for Israel; it comes from "upright."

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whom I have chosenבָּחַרְתִּיbacharti

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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Translation note

Jeshurun (“the upright one”) is a poetic name for Israel (Deuteronomy 32:15; 33:5, 26).

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