Isaiah 12:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is 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 song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
• Ps 118:14 : 14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
• Rev 7:10 : 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
• Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
• 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 the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
• Luke 2:30-32 : 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know{H8799)} that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.