Verse 7

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.48.7", "source": "עַתָּ֤ה נִבְרְאוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מֵאָ֔ז וְלִפְנֵי־י֖וֹם וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם פֶּן־תֹּאמַ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה יְדַעְתִּֽין׃", "text": "Now *nibreʾû* and not from *ʾāz* and before *yôm* and not *shemaʿtām* lest *tōʾmar* behold *yedaʿtîn*", "grammar": { "*nibreʾû*": "niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they were created", "*ʾāz*": "adverb - then/at that time/formerly", "*yôm*": "masculine singular - day", "*shemaʿtām*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you heard them", "*tōʾmar*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you would say", "*yedaʿtîn*": "qal perfect 1st person singular + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - I knew them" }, "variants": { "*nibreʾû*": "were created/were formed/came into being", "*ʾāz*": "then/at that time/formerly/of old", "*yôm*": "day/time/period", "*shemaʿtām*": "you heard them/you listened to them", "*tōʾmar*": "you would say/you might say", "*yedaʿtîn*": "I knew them/I was aware of them/I was familiar with them" } }

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