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Listen to me,שְׁמַע אֵלַיJacob,יַעֲקֹבand Israel,וְיִשְׂרָאֵלmy called one:מְקֹרָאִיIאֲנִיam the same;הוּאI amאֲנִיthe first,רִאשׁוֹןalsoאַףI amאֲנִיthe last.אַחֲרוֹן
Isaiah 48:12
Study it in the app“Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, my called one: I am the same; I am the first, also I am the last.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:12, word by word
- Listen to meשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” 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 called oneמְקֹרָאִmekorai
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “mekorai” appears- the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- the lastאַחֲרוֹןacharon
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharon” appears
The context
11For my own sake, for my own sake I will do it; for how would it be profaned? And my glory to another I will not give.
12 · This verse (above)
13Also my hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; I call to them, they stand together.