Isaiah 12:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא הוֹד֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָֽעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו הַזְכִּ֕ירוּ כִּ֥י נִשְׂגָּ֖ב שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-ʾămartem in the-yôm the-hû(ʾ) hôdû to-YHWH qirʾû in-šəmô hôdîʿû in-the-ʿammîm ʿălîlōtāyw hazkîrû that niśgāb šəmô

Grammar Details

• *wa-ʾămartem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you will say
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *hû(ʾ)*: demonstrative pronoun - that
• *hôdû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - give thanks/praise
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *qirʾû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - call/proclaim
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *hôdîʿû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - make known
• *ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples/nations
• *ʿălîlōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his deeds
• *hazkîrû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - cause to remember/proclaim
• *niśgāb*: Niphal participle masculine singular - is exalted

Word Meanings

• *wa-ʾămartem*: and you will say/and you shall say
• *hôdû*: give thanks/praise/acknowledge
• *qirʾû*: call/proclaim/call upon
• *hôdîʿû*: make known/declare/proclaim
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/ethnic groups
• *ʿălîlōtāyw*: his deeds/his acts/his accomplishments
• *hazkîrû*: cause to remember/remind/make mention of/proclaim
• *niśgāb*: is exalted/is lifted high/is sublime

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:1 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
• Exod 33:19 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
• Ps 18:46 : 46 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples. 2 For his lovingkindness is great toward us; And the truth of Jehovah [endureth] for ever. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 145:4-6 : 4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.
• Isa 24:15 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
• Isa 25:1 : 1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth.
• Isa 33:5 : 5 Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
• Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
• Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
• Jer 51:9-9 : 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
• John 17:26 : 26 and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power.
• Ps 22:31 : 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
• Ps 34:3 : 3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 57:5 : 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
• Ps 71:16-18 : 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
• Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
• Ps 96:3 : 3 Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
• Ps 97:9 : 9 For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
• 1 Chr 16:8 : 8 O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.
• 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Neh 9:5 : 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
• Ps 106:47-48 : 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
• Ps 113:1-3 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise, O ye servants of Jehovah, Praise the name of Jehovah. 2 Blessed be the name of Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah's name is to be praised.
• Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,