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declaringמַגִּידfrom the beginningמֵרֵאשִׁיתthe end,אַחֲרִיתand from of oldוּמִקֶּדֶםwhatאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאbeen done;נַעֲשׂוּsaying,אֹמֵר‘My counselעֲצָתִיwill stand,תָקוּםand allוְכָלmy desireחֶפְצִיI will do’;אֶעֱשֶׂה
Isaiah 46:10
Study it in the app“declaring from the beginning the end, and from of old what has not been done; saying, ‘My counsel will stand, and all my desire I will do’;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 46:10, word by word
- declaringמַגִּידmagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “magid” appears- from the beginningרֵאשִׁיתreshit
beginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appears- the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- and from of oldקֶּדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears- been doneנַעֲשׂוּnaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasu” appears- sayingאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- ‘My counselעֲצָתִatsati
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “atsati” appears- will standתָקוּםtakum
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “takum” appears- my desireחֶפְצִcheftsi
desire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “cheftsi” appears
The context
9Remember the former things of ages past, for I am El, and there is no other; I am Elohim, and there is nothing like me;
10 · This verse (above)
11calling from the east a bird of prey, from a distant land the man of my counsel; also I have spoken, also I will bring it about; I have formed it, also I will do it.