Isaiah 46:3

““Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been loaded on me from the womb, who have been carried from the mother’s womb:”

Isaiah 46:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 46:3, word by word

“Listen to meשִׁמְעוּshimu

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shimu” appears
houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “bet” appears
of 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
the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit

remnant

Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.

Where else “sheerit” appears
of 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
you who have been loaded on meעֲמֻסִיםamusim

bear

To carry a weight, or to be carried as a load.

Where else “amusim” appears
from the wombבֶטֶןveten

womb

The belly where a mother carries her child.

Where else “veten” appears
who have been carriedנְּשֻׂאִיםnesuim

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “nesuim” appears
from the mother’s wombרָחַםracham

womb

The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.

Where else “racham” appears

The context

2They stoop, they bend together; they could not rescue the load, and they themselves have gone into captivity.

3 · This verse (above)

4and until old age I am the same, and until gray hair I will bear you; I have made you, and I will carry, and I will bear, and rescue.

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