Isaiah 41:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

Who pāʿal wəʿāśâ qōrēʾ the-dōrôt from-rōʾš I YHWH riʾšôn and-with-ʾaḥărōnîm I-hûʾ

Grammar Details

*pāʿal*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has done/accomplished/made
*wəʿāśâ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and has made/done
*qōrēʾ*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - calling/summoning/naming
*dōrôt*: noun, masculine plural - generations
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular - beginning/first/head
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*riʾšôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first/chief/former
*ʾaḥărōnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - last ones/latter ones
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/that

Word Meanings

*pāʿal*: done/accomplished/worked/made
*wəʿāśâ*: and made/done/performed/accomplished
*qōrēʾ*: calling/summoning/proclaiming/announcing
*dōrôt*: generations/ages/periods of time
*rōʾš*: beginning/first/head/start
*riʾšôn*: first/former/chief/beginning
*ʾaḥărōnîm*: last ones/latter ones/those who come after

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Referenced Verses

Rev 22:13 : 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isa 41:26 : 26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isa 43:10 : 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.
Isa 44:6-7 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Deut 32:7-8 : 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 2:8 : 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Matt 1:23 : 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.
Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Acts 15:18 : 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Acts 17:26 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Isa 48:3-7 : 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

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