Isaiah 45:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָֽנֹכִי֙ עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֶ֔רֶץ וְאָדָ֖ם עָלֶ֣יהָ בָרָ֑אתִי אֲנִ֗י יָדַי֙ נָט֣וּ שָׁמַ֔יִם וְכָל־צְבָאָ֖ם צִוֵּֽיתִי

Transliteration

ʾānōkî ʿāśîtî ʾereṣ and-ʾādām upon-her bārāʾtî ʾănî my-yāday nāṭû šāmayim and-all-ṣĕbāʾām ṣiwwêtî

Grammar Details

*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʿāśîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I made
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - mankind/humans
*bārāʾtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I created
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*yāday*: feminine dual noun with 1st person suffix - my hands
*nāṭû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they stretched out
*šāmayim*: masculine plural noun - heavens/sky
*ṣĕbāʾām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person plural suffix - their host
*ṣiwwêtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - I commanded

Word Meanings

*ʿāśîtî*: I made/I created/I formed
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/world/ground
*ʾādām*: mankind/humans/humanity/man
*bārāʾtî*: I created/I formed/I made
*nāṭû*: they stretched out/they spread out/they extended
*ṣĕbāʾām*: their host/their army/their multitude
*ṣiwwêtî*: I commanded/I ordered/I appointed

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Referenced Verses

Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Gen 2:1 : 1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
Jer 27:5 : 5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.
Heb 11:3 : 3 By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
Gen 1:26-27 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

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