Do notאַלbe in dread,תִּפְחֲדוּand do notוְאַלbe afraid;תִּרְהוּhave I notהֲלֹאlong agoמֵאָזmade you hearהִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָand declared it?וְהִגַּדְתִּיAnd youוְאַתֶּםare my witnesses.עֵדָיIs thereהֲיֵשׁan Eloahאֱלוֹהַּbesides me?מִבַּלְעָדַיThere is noוְאֵיןRock;צוּרI knowיָדָעְתִּיnone.”בַּל
Isaiah 44:8
Study it in the app“Do not be in dread, and do not be afraid; have I not long ago made you hear and declared it? And you are my witnesses. Is there an Eloah besides me? There is no Rock; I know none.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:8, word by word
- be in dreadתִּפְחֲדוּtifchadu
dread
To tremble with fear before something that threatens.
Where else “tifchadu” appears- be afraidתִּרְהוּtirhu
fear
To fear.
Where else “tirhu” appears- made you hearהִשְׁמַעְתִּיhishmati
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hishmati” appears- and declared itהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “higadti” appears- are my witnessesעֵדָeda
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “eda” appears- an Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- besides meבַּלְעָדַbalada
except
Except, besides, apart from.
Where else “balada” appears- Rockצוּרtsur
the Rock
YHWH, the firm Rock of his people.
Where else “tsur” appears- I knowיָדָעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- noneבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears
The context
7And who is like me? Let him call out, and declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people; and the things that are coming, and what will come, let them declare it to them.
8 · This verse (above)
9Those who form carved images, all of them are emptiness, and their desired things do not profit; and their witnesses, they do not see and do not know, so that they will be put to shame.