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Look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיand the childrenוְהַיְלָדִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas given meנָתַן לִיare for signsלְאֹתוֹתand for wondersוּלְמוֹפְתִיםin IsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלfromמֵעִםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתwho dwellsהַשֹּׁכֵןon MountבְּהַרZion.צִיּוֹן
Isaiah 8:18
Study it in the app“Look, I and the children whom YHWH has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from YHWH Tsevaot, who dwells on Mount Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 8:18, word by word
- and the childrenיְלָדִיםyeladim
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yeladim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has given meנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- are for signsאֹתוֹתotot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “otot” appears- and for wondersמוֹפְתִיםmoftim
wonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “moftim” appears- in 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- who dwellsשֹּׁכֵןshochen
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochen” appears- on Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
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Translation note
Hebrews 2:13 quotes: “I and the children whom [he] gave me.”
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
17And I will wait for YHWH, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
18 · This verse (above)
19And when they say to you, “Consult those who call up the dead and the spiritists, who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult its Elohim? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?