Isaiah 7:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָ֠כֵן יִתֵּ֨ן אֲדֹנָ֥י ה֛וּא לָכֶ֖ם א֑וֹת הִנֵּ֣ה הָעַלְמָ֗ה הָרָה֙ וְיֹלֶ֣דֶת בֵּ֔ן וְקָרָ֥את שְׁמ֖וֹ עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Therefore yittēn ʾĂḏōnāy himself to-you ʾôṯ: hinnēh the-ʿalmāh hārāh and-yōleḏeṯ son, and-qārāʾṯ name-his ʿImmānû ʾĒl.

Grammar Details

*yittēn*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will give
*ʾĂḏōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - my Lord
*ʾôṯ*: noun, common feminine singular - sign
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*ʿalmāh*: noun, feminine singular - young woman/maiden
*hārāh*: adjective, feminine singular - pregnant/conceiving
*yōleḏeṯ*: participle, feminine singular - bearing/giving birth to
*qārāʾṯ*: perfect, 3rd person feminine singular or 2nd person masculine singular - she shall call/you shall call
*ʿImmānû ʾĒl*: proper noun, compound - Immanuel (meaning 'God with us')

Word Meanings

*yittēn*: will give/shall provide
*ʾĂḏōnāy*: my Lord/my Master/Sovereign
*ʾôṯ*: sign/token/miracle
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ʿalmāh*: young woman/maiden/virgin
*hārāh*: pregnant/conceiving
*yōleḏeṯ*: giving birth to/bearing
*qārāʾṯ*: she shall call/you shall call/will be called
*ʿImmānû ʾĒl*: God with us/Immanuel

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Luke 1:31 : 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
Isa 8:8 : 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Jer 31:22 : 22 How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
Luke 1:35 : 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
Gen 3:15 : 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 4:1-2 : 1 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with [the help] [of] Jehovah. 2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:25 : 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, [said she], God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
Gen 30:6 : 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Gen 30:8 : 8 And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
1 Sam 1:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
1 Sam 4:21 : 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
Rom 9:5 : 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Gen 16:11 : 11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.
Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.

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