Isaiah 41:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֧עַן יִרְא֣וּ וְיֵדְע֗וּ וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כִּ֥י יַד־יְהוָ֖ה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּ֑את וּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּרָאָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

In-order-that yirʾû wəyēḏəʿû wəyāśîmû wəyaśkîlû yaḥdāw that yaḏ-YHWH ʿāśətâ zōʾt ûqəḏôš yiśrāʾēl bərāʾāh

Grammar Details

*yirʾû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will see
*wəyēḏəʿû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will know
*wəyāśîmû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will set/consider
*wəyaśkîlû*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will understand
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*yaḏ-YHWH*: noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - hand of YHWH
*ʿāśətâ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has done
*zōʾt*: pronoun, feminine singular - this
*ûqəḏôš*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular construct - and the Holy One of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bərāʾāh*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - has created it

Word Meanings

*yirʾû*: they will see/perceive/observe
*wəyēḏəʿû*: and they will know/understand/recognize
*wəyāśîmû*: and they will consider/set/place/take to heart
*wəyaśkîlû*: and they will understand/comprehend/consider wisely
*yaḏ-YHWH*: hand of YHWH/power of YHWH
*ʿāśətâ*: has done/made/accomplished
*bərāʾāh*: has created it/brought it into being/fashioned it

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 12:9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
Ps 109:27 : 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Isa 43:7-9 : 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
Isa 43:21 : 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
Exod 9:16 : 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Isa 45:6-8 : 6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things. 8 Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
Isa 66:18 : 18 For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
Eph 2:6-9 : 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.

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