Isaiah 29:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י בִ֠רְאֹתוֹ יְלָדָ֞יו מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֛י בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ שְׁמִ֑י וְהִקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־קְד֣וֹשׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲרִֽיצוּ

Transliteration

For in-rĕʾōtô yĕlādāyw maʿăśēh hands-my in-qirbô yaqdîšû name-my and-hiqdîšû ʾet-qĕdôš yaʿăqōḇ and-ʾet-ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl yaʿărîṣû

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *bi-rĕʾōtô*: preposition beth + verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his seeing
• *yĕlādāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his children
• *maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
• *yāday*: noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my hands
• *bĕ-qirbô*: preposition beth + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his midst
• *yaqdîšû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will sanctify
• *šĕmî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *wĕ-hiqdîšû*: conjunction waw + verb, hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will sanctify
• *ʾet-qĕdôš*: direct object marker + adjective, masculine singular construct - the Holy One of
• *yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun - Jacob
• *wĕ-ʾet-ʾĕlōhê*: conjunction waw + direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - and the God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *yaʿărîṣû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will stand in awe

Word Meanings

• *rĕʾōtô*: his seeing/when he sees/his perceiving
• *yĕlādāyw*: his children/offspring/descendants
• *maʿăśēh*: work/deed/action
• *qirbô*: his midst/among them/inward part
• *yaqdîšû*: they will sanctify/hallow/treat as holy
• *hiqdîšû*: they will sanctify/set apart/consecrate
• *qĕdôš*: Holy One/Sacred One
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
• *yaʿărîṣû*: they will stand in awe/fear/revere

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:13 : 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
• Isa 19:25 : 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Rev 11:15-17 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
• Rev 19:5 : 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Isa 49:20-26 : 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.