Isaiah 45:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֙עַן֙ עַבְדִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּחִירִ֑י וָאֶקְרָ֤א לְךָ֙ בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ אֲכַנְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽנִי

Transliteration

For-maʿan my-servant yaʿăqōb and-yiśrāʾēl my-bĕḥîrî and-ʾeqrāʾ to-you in-your-name ʾăkannĕkā and-not yĕdaʿtānî

Grammar Details

*maʿan*: conjunction - for the sake of/because of
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bĕḥîrî*: masculine singular adjective with 1st person suffix - my chosen one
*ʾeqrāʾ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st person singular - I called
*ʾăkannĕkā*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person suffix - I will name you/I will give you a title
*yĕdaʿtānî*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you knew me

Word Meanings

*bĕḥîrî*: my chosen one/my elect/my selected one
*ʾeqrāʾ*: I called/I summoned/I named
*ʾăkannĕkā*: I will name you/I will give you a title/I will surname you
*yĕdaʿtānî*: you knew me/you recognized me/you acknowledged me

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Referenced Verses

Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.
Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
Isa 44:1 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
Isa 44:28-45:1 : 28 That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
Jer 50:17-20 : 17 Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
Matt 24:22 : 22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13:20 : 20 And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
Rom 9:6 : 6 But [it is] not as though {G3754} the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all {G1537} Israel, that {G3778} are of Israel:
Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he {G2013} obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
Gal 4:8-9 : 8 Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods: 9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
Eph 2:12 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Thess 4:5 : 5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

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