Isaiah 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא הוֹד֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָֽעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו הַזְכִּ֕ירוּ כִּ֥י נִשְׂגָּ֖ב שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-ʾămartem in the-yôm the-hû(ʾ) hôdû to-YHWH qirʾû in-šəmô hôdîʿû in-the-ʿammîm ʿălîlōtāyw hazkîrû that niśgāb šəmô

Grammar Details

• *wa-ʾămartem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you will say
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *hû(ʾ)*: demonstrative pronoun - that
• *hôdû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - give thanks/praise
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *qirʾû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - call/proclaim
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *hôdîʿû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - make known
• *ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples/nations
• *ʿălîlōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his deeds
• *hazkîrû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - cause to remember/proclaim
• *niśgāb*: Niphal participle masculine singular - is exalted

Word Meanings

• *wa-ʾămartem*: and you will say/and you shall say
• *hôdû*: give thanks/praise/acknowledge
• *qirʾû*: call/proclaim/call upon
• *hôdîʿû*: make known/declare/proclaim
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/ethnic groups
• *ʿălîlōtāyw*: his deeds/his acts/his accomplishments
• *hazkîrû*: cause to remember/remind/make mention of/proclaim
• *niśgāb*: is exalted/is lifted high/is sublime

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:1 : 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
• Exod 33:19 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
• Ps 18:46 : 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 145:4-6 : 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isa 24:15 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
• Isa 25:1 : 1 O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
• Isa 33:5 : 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
• Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
• Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
• Jer 51:9-9 : 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
• John 17:26 : 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 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 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
• Ps 22:31 : 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
• Ps 34:3 : 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful{H8737)} works which thou hast done{H8804)}, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order{H8800)} unto thee: if I would declare{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} of them, they are more{H8804)} than can be numbered{H8763)}.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} in the earth.
• Ps 57:5 : 5 Be thou exalted{H8798)}, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
• Ps 71:16-18 : 16 I will go in{H8799)} the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention{H8686)} of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
• Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put{H8804)} my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare{H8763)} all thy works.
• Ps 96:3 : 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
• Ps 97:9 : 9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
• 1 Chr 16:8 : 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
• 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Neh 9:5 : 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
• Ps 106:47-48 : 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Ps 113:1-3 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
• Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,