25 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.25",
"source": "וְאֶל־מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר קָדֽוֹשׁ׃",
"text": "*wěʾel-mî tědammělûnî wěʾešweh yōʾmar qādôš*",
"grammar": {
"*wěʾel-mî*": "conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - 'and to whom'",
"*tědammělûnî*": "piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'will you liken me'",
"*wěʾešweh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'and I will be equal'",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'says'",
"*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'Holy One'"
},
"variants": {
"*tědammělûnî*": "will you liken me/will you compare me",
"*wěʾešweh*": "and I will be equal/that I should be equal",
"*qādôš*": "Holy One/the Holy One [meaning God]"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.26",
"source": "שְׂאוּ־מָר֨וֹם עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם וּרְאוּ֙ מִי־בָרָ֣א אֵ֔לֶּה הַמּוֹצִ֥יא בְמִסְפָּ֖ר צְבָאָ֑ם לְכֻלָּם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִקְרָ֔א מֵרֹ֤ב אוֹנִים֙ וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֔חַ אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א נֶעְדָּֽר׃ ס",
"text": "*śěʾû-mārôm ʿênêkem ûrěʾû mî-bārāʾ ʾēlleh hammôṣîʾ běmispār ṣěbāʾām lěkullām běšēm yiqrāʾ mērōb ʾônîm wěʾammîṣ kōaḥ ʾîš lōʾ neʿdār*",
"grammar": {
"*śěʾû*": "qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'lift up'",
"*mārôm*": "adverb - 'on high'",
"*ʿênêkem*": "noun, feminine dual with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your eyes'",
"*ûrěʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'and see'",
"*mî-bārāʾ*": "interrogative pronoun + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'who created'",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, common plural - 'these'",
"*hammôṣîʾ*": "definite article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'the one who brings out'",
"*běmispār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'by number'",
"*ṣěbāʾām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their host'",
"*lěkullām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'to all of them'",
"*běšēm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'by name'",
"*yiqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he calls'",
"*mērōb*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'because of greatness of'",
"*ʾônîm*": "noun, masculine plural - 'strength'",
"*wěʾammîṣ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular construct - 'and mighty of'",
"*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - 'power'",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - 'man/one'",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - 'not'",
"*neʿdār*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'is missing'"
},
"variants": {
"*śěʾû-mārôm*": "lift up on high/raise your eyes upward",
"*mî-bārāʾ*": "who created/who has created",
"*hammôṣîʾ běmispār ṣěbāʾām*": "who brings out their host by number/who leads out their army by count",
"*běšēm yiqrāʾ*": "calls by name/summons by name",
"*mērōb ʾônîm wěʾammîṣ kōaḥ*": "because of great strength and mighty power",
"*ʾîš lōʾ neʿdār*": "not one is missing/not one fails"
}
}