Isaiah 8:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צ֖וֹר תְּעוּדָ֑ה חֲת֥וֹם תּוֹרָ֖ה בְּלִמֻּדָֽי׃

Transliteration

ṣôr təʿûdāh ḥătôm tôrāh among-limmudāy

Grammar Details

• *ṣôr*: qal imperative masculine singular - bind/tie up
• *təʿûdāh*: noun feminine singular - testimony/witness
• *ḥătôm*: qal imperative masculine singular - seal
• *tôrāh*: noun feminine singular - law/instruction
• *limmudāy*: qal passive participle masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my disciples/my taught ones

Word Meanings

• *ṣôr*: bind up/tie up/secure
• *təʿûdāh*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *ḥătôm*: seal/secure/affix seal to
• *tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching
• *limmudāy*: my disciples/my taught ones/my students

Referenced Verses

• Dan 12:4 : 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
• Dan 12:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
• Matt 13:11 : 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Mark 4:10-11 : 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
• Mark 4:34 : 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
• Mark 10:10 : 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
• John 3:32-33 : 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Heb 3:5 : 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
• 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
• Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
• Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
• Rev 10:4 : 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Deut 4:45 : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
• 2 Kgs 11:12 : 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Prov 8:8-9 : 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
• Isa 8:1-2 : 1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.