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For the sake ofלְמַעַןmy servantעַבְדִּיJacob,יַעֲקֹבand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלmy chosen one,בְּחִירִיI have calledוָאֶקְרָאyouלְךָby your name;בִּשְׁמֶךָI have surnamed you,אֲכַנְּךָthough you have notוְלֹאknown me.יְדַעְתָּנִי
Isaiah 45:4
Study it in the app“For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one, I have called you by your name; I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 45:4, word by word
- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” 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- 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- my chosen oneבְּחִירִbechiri
chosen
Chosen, elect: the one someone has chosen. It is said of Saul, of Moses, of David, of the servant of YHWH and of the people of Israel as God's chosen.
Where else “bechiri” appears- I have calledאֶקְרָאekra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “ekra” appears- by your nameשְׁמֶsheme
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “sheme” appears- I have surnamed youאֲכַנְּachan
flatter, give a title
To give someone a title or honorific name; to flatter.
Where else “achan” appears- known meיְדַעְתָּyedata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedata” appears
The context
3and I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places, so that you may know that I am YHWH, who calls you by your name, the Elohim of Israel.
4 · This verse (above)
5I am YHWH, and there is no other; besides me there is no Elohim; I will gird you, though you have not known me,