Isaiah 1:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָדַ֥ע שׁוֹר֙ קֹנֵ֔הוּ וַחֲמ֖וֹר אֵב֣וּס בְּעָלָ֑יו יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע עַמִּ֖י לֹ֥א הִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

Transliteration

yāda' šôr qōnēhû waḥămôr ʾēbûs bᵉ'ālāyw yiśrāʾēl lōʾ yāda' 'ammî lōʾ hitᵊbônān

Grammar Details

*yāda'*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - knows
*šôr*: noun, masculine singular - ox
*qōnēhû*: participle, qal active, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its owner/possessor
*waḥămôr*: conjunction wə- + noun, masculine singular - and [the] donkey
*ʾēbûs*: noun, masculine singular - feeding trough/manger
*bᵉ'ālāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its master's
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*'ammî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my people
*hitᵊbônān*: verb, hitpael perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - consider/understand/discern

Word Meanings

*yāda'*: knows/understands/recognizes/acknowledges
*qōnēhû*: owner/possessor/acquirer
*ʾēbûs*: feeding trough/manger/crib
*bᵉ'ālāyw*: master's/owner's/lord's
*hitᵊbônān*: consider/understand/discern/perceive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Isa 44:18 : 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Deut 32:28-29 : 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Matt 13:19 : 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, [then] cometh the evil [one], and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
Matt 13:13-15 : 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 9:3-6 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

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