Isaiah 8:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י וְהַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָֽתַן־לִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְאֹת֥וֹת וּלְמוֹפְתִ֖ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מֵעִם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ן בְּהַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʾānōkî and-ha-yəlādîm ʾăšer nātan-to-me YHWH for-ʾōtôt and-for-môpətîm in-yiśrāʾēl from-with YHWH ṣəbāʾôt ha-šōkēn in-har ṣîyyôn

Grammar Details

• *hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st person singular - I
• *ha-yəlādîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the children
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom/which
• *nātan*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾōtôt*: noun feminine plural - signs
• *môpətîm*: noun masculine plural - wonders/portents
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *ha-šōkēn*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the one dwelling
• *har*: noun masculine singular construct - mountain of
• *ṣîyyôn*: proper noun - Zion

Word Meanings

• *yəlādîm*: children/offspring (likely referring to Isaiah's sons with symbolic names)
• *ʾōtôt*: signs/signals/symbols
• *môpətîm*: wonders/portents/omens
• *YHWH ṣəbāʾôt*: Yahweh/LORD of hosts/armies
• *ha-šōkēn bə-har ṣîyyôn*: who dwells in Mount Zion/who inhabits Mount Zion

Referenced Verses

• Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
• Heb 2:13-14 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me. 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
• Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.
• Isa 7:3 : 3 Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;
• Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
• Isa 8:3 : 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
• Ezek 14:8 : 8 and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Zech 3:8 : 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows that sit before you; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
• 1 Chr 23:25 : 25 For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:
• Ps 22:30 : 30 A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.
• Ps 71:7 : 7 I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
• Heb 10:33 : 33 partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For, I think, {G3754} God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.