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To whomלְמִיwill you liken meתְדַמְיוּנִיand make me equalוְתַשְׁווּand compare me,וְתַמְשִׁלוּנִיthat we may be alike?וְנִדְמֶה
Isaiah 46:5
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Isaiah 46:5, word by word
- will you liken meתְדַמְיוּtedamyu
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “tedamyu” appears- and make me equalתַשְׁווּtashvu
be equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “tashvu” appears- and compare meתַמְשִׁלוּtamshilu
be like
To be similar to something else, or to be compared to it.
Where else “tamshilu” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh silver on the rod of the scale, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they fall down, also they bow down.