Isaiah 63:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אָבִ֔ינוּ כִּ֤י אַבְרָהָם֙ לֹ֣א יְדָעָ֔נוּ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֣א יַכִּירָ֑נוּ אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אָבִ֔ינוּ גֹּאֲלֵ֥נוּ מֵֽעוֹלָ֖ם שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

For ʾattāh our ʾābînû, for ʾabrāhām lōʾ yĕdāʿānû, and yiśrāʾēl lōʾ yakkîrānû; ʾattāh YHWH our ʾābînû, our gōʾălēnû from ʿôlām your šĕmeḵā.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
*ʾābînû*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - our father
*ʾabrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yĕdāʿānû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - he knew us
*wĕyiśrāʾēl*: conjunction waw + proper noun - and Israel
*yakkîrānû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - he acknowledges us
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*gōʾălēnû*: Qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - our redeemer
*mēʿôlām*: preposition min + noun, masculine singular - from everlasting
*šĕmeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name

Word Meanings

*ʾābînû*: our father/our ancestor
*yĕdāʿānû*: he knew us/he recognized us
*yakkîrānû*: he acknowledges us/he recognizes us
*gōʾălēnû*: our redeemer/our rescuer/our kinsman-redeemer
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternity/ancient time
*šĕmeḵā*: your name/your reputation

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 44:6 : 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.
Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Mal 2:10 : 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Job 14:21 : 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
1 Chr 29:10 : 10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 63:12 : 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
1 Pet 1:18-21 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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