Isaiah 41:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֧עַן יִרְא֣וּ וְיֵדְע֗וּ וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כִּ֥י יַד־יְהוָ֖ה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּ֑את וּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּרָאָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

In-order-that yirʾû wəyēḏəʿû wəyāśîmû wəyaśkîlû yaḥdāw that yaḏ-YHWH ʿāśətâ zōʾt ûqəḏôš yiśrāʾēl bərāʾāh

Grammar Details

*yirʾû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will see
*wəyēḏəʿû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will know
*wəyāśîmû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will set/consider
*wəyaśkîlû*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will understand
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*yaḏ-YHWH*: noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - hand of YHWH
*ʿāśətâ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has done
*zōʾt*: pronoun, feminine singular - this
*ûqəḏôš*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular construct - and the Holy One of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bərāʾāh*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - has created it

Word Meanings

*yirʾû*: they will see/perceive/observe
*wəyēḏəʿû*: and they will know/understand/recognize
*wəyāśîmû*: and they will consider/set/place/take to heart
*wəyaśkîlû*: and they will understand/comprehend/consider wisely
*yaḏ-YHWH*: hand of YHWH/power of YHWH
*ʿāśətâ*: has done/made/accomplished
*bərāʾāh*: has created it/brought it into being/fashioned it

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Referenced Verses

Job 12:9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Ps 109:27 : 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Isa 43:7-9 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Isa 43:21 : 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Exod 9:16 : 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Isa 45:6-8 : 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Isa 66:18 : 18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Eph 2:6-9 : 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
2 Thess 1:10 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

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