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And I heardוָאֶשְׁמַעthe voiceקוֹלof Adonaiאֲדֹנָיsaying,אֹמֵר“Whomמִיshall I send,אֶשְׁלַחand whoוּמִיwill goיֵלֶךְfor us?”לָנוּAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“Here I am;הִנְנִיsend me.”שְׁלָחֵנִי
Isaiah 6:8
Study it in the app“And I heard the voice of Adonai saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here I am; send me.””
Isaiah hears God ask whom to send and answers, “Here I am; send me”Purpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 6:8, word by word
- And I heardאֶשְׁמַעeshma
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “eshma” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- sayingאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- shall I sendאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- will goיֵלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
7And he touched my mouth and said, “Look, this has touched your lips, and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is expiated.”
8 · This verse (above)
9And he said, “Go, and say to this people, ‘Keep hearing, but do not understand; keep seeing, but do not know.’