Isaiah 8:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מֽ͏ַעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾet-YHWH ṣəbāʾôt ʾōtô taqdîšû and-he môraʾăkem and-he maʿăriṣkem

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
*taqdîšû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall sanctify/regard as holy
*môraʾăkem*: noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fear/dread
*maʿăriṣkem*: hiphil participle masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your awe/terror

Word Meanings

*YHWH ṣəbāʾôt*: Yahweh/LORD of hosts/armies
*taqdîšû*: you shall sanctify/you shall regard as holy/you shall treat as holy
*môraʾăkem*: your fear/your dread/what you should fear
*maʿăriṣkem*: your awe/your terror/what you should dread

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Referenced Verses

Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
Isa 29:23 : 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Mal 2:5 : 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Rom 4:20 : 20 yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,
Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear, {G4571} O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Num 20:12-13 : 12 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them. 13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
Num 27:14 : 14 because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

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