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“The former thingsהָרִאשֹׁנוֹתlong agoמֵאָזI declared;הִגַּדְתִּיand from my mouthוּמִפִּיthey went out,יָצְאוּand I made them heard;וְאַשְׁמִיעֵםsuddenlyפִּתְאֹםI did them,עָשִׂיתִיand they came about.וַתָּבֹאנָה
Isaiah 48:3
Study it in the app““The former things long ago I declared; and from my mouth they went out, and I made them heard; suddenly I did them, and they came about.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:3, word by word
- “The former thingsרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonot” appears- I declaredהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “higadti” appears- and from my mouthפִּpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- they went outיָצְאוּyatsu
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsu” appears- and I made them heardאַשְׁמִיעֵashmie
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “ashmie” appears- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- I did themעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- and they came aboutתָּבֹאנָהtavona
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavona” appears
The context
2For they call themselves after the holy city, and on the Elohim of Israel they lean; YHWH Tsevaot is his name.
3 · This verse (above)
4Because I knew that you are hard, and your neck is a sinew of iron, and your forehead bronze,