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Nowעַתָּהthey have been created,נִבְרְאוּand notוְלֹאlong ago;מֵאָזand beforeוְלִפְנֵיtodayיוֹםyou had notוְלֹאheard them,שְׁמַעְתָּםlestפֶּןyou should say,תֹּאמַר‘Look,הִנֵּהI knew them.’יְדַעְתִּין
Isaiah 48:7
Study it in the app“Now they have been created, and not long ago; and before today you had not heard them, lest you should say, ‘Look, I knew them.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:7, word by word
- they have been createdנִבְרְאוּnivru
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “nivru” appears- and beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- todayיוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- heard themשְׁמַעְתָּshemata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemata” appears- you should sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- I knew them.’יְדַעְתִּיyedati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedati” appears
The context
6You have heard; see all of it; and you, will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from now on, and things kept in store, and you did not know them.
7 · This verse (above)
8Neither did you hear, nor did you know, nor from long ago was your ear opened; for I knew that you would certainly deal treacherously, and ‘a transgressor from the womb’ you were called.