Isaiah 44:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֥ה שְׁמַ֖ע יַעֲקֹ֣ב עַבְדִּ֑י וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּחַ֥רְתִּי בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattāh šəmaʿ yaʿăqōḇ ʿaḇdî wə-yiśrāʾēl bāḥartî bô

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
*šəmaʿ*: imperative, masculine, singular - hear/listen
*yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun, masculine - Jacob
*ʿaḇdî*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my servant
*wə-yiśrāʾēl*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine - and Israel
*bāḥartî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have chosen
*bô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in/with him

Word Meanings

*šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
*bāḥartî*: I have chosen/selected/elected
*bô*: in him/with him/for him

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Referenced Verses

Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Jer 30:10 : 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jer 46:27-28 : 27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Isa 42:23 : 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isa 48:16-18 : 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Jer 4:7 : 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people would not hearken{H8804)} to my voice; and Israel would{H8804)} none of me. 12 So I gave them up{H8762)} unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked{H8799)} in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened{H8802)} unto me, and Israel had walked{H8762)} in my ways!
Ps 105:6 : 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Ps 105:42-43 : 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

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