Neitherגַּם לֹאdid you hear,שָׁמַעְתָּnorגַּם לֹאdid you know,יָדַעְתָּnorגַּם לֹאfrom long agoמֵאָזwas your earאָזְנֶךָopened;פִתְּחָהforכִּיI knewיָדַעְתִּיthat you would certainlyבָּגוֹדdeal treacherously,תִּבְגּוֹדandוּ‘a transgressorפֹשֵׁעַfrom the womb’מִבֶּטֶןyou were called.קֹרָא לָךְ
Isaiah 48:8
Study it in the app“Neither 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.”
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Isaiah 48:8, word by word
- did you hearשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamata” appears- did you knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appears- was your earאָזְנֶazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- openedפִתְּחָהfitcha
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fitcha” appears- that you would certainlyבָּגוֹדbagod
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bagod” appears- ‘a transgressorפֹשֵׁעַfoshea
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “foshea” appears- from the womb’בֶּטֶןbeten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “beten” appears- you were calledקֹרָאkora
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kora” appears
The context
7Now they have been created, and not long ago; and before today you had not heard them, lest you should say, ‘Look, I knew them.’
8 · This verse (above)
9For the sake of my name I lengthen my anger, and for my praise I hold back for you, so as not to cut you off.