Isaiah 12:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֨ה אֵ֧ל יְשׁוּעָתִ֛י אֶבְטַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אֶפְחָ֑ד כִּֽי־עָזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʾēl yəšûʿātî ʾebṭaḥ wə-lōʾ ʾepḥād kî-ʿāzzî wə-zimrāt YĀH YHWH wa-yəhî-lî lîšûʿāh

Grammar Details

• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/deity
• *yəšûʿātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation
• *ʾebṭaḥ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will trust
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ʾepḥād*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will fear
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʿāzzî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my strength
• *wə-zimrāt*: conjunction + feminine singular construct noun - and song/praise of
• *YĀH*: shortened divine name - Yah
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he has become
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
• *lîšûʿāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - for salvation

Word Meanings

• *hinnēh*: behold/look/see
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/god
• *yəšûʿātî*: my salvation/my deliverance/my victory
• *ʾebṭaḥ*: I will trust/I will rely/I will be confident
• *ʾepḥād*: I will fear/I will be afraid
• *ʿāzzî*: my strength/my power/my refuge
• *zimrāt*: song/melody/praise
• *wa-yəhî*: and he has become/and he is/and he was

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:2 : 2 The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.
• Ps 118:14 : 14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
• Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour. 24 Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction. 25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
• Rev 7:10 : 10 Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.
• Jonah 2:9 : 9 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
• Isa 26:3-4 : 3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you. 4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
• Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins. 22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true, 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
• Luke 2:30-32 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
• Isa 62:11 : 11 The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.
• Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
• Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.