Isaiah 8:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מֽ͏ַעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾet-YHWH ṣəbāʾôt ʾōtô taqdîšû and-he môraʾăkem and-he maʿăriṣkem

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *taqdîšû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall sanctify/regard as holy
• *môraʾăkem*: noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fear/dread
• *maʿăriṣkem*: hiphil participle masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your awe/terror

Word Meanings

• *YHWH ṣəbāʾôt*: Yahweh/LORD of hosts/armies
• *taqdîšû*: you shall sanctify/you shall regard as holy/you shall treat as holy
• *môraʾăkem*: your fear/your dread/what you should fear
• *maʿăriṣkem*: your awe/your terror/what you should dread

Referenced Verses

• Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared{H8737)}: and who may stand{H8799)} in thy sight when once thou art angry?
• Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• Isa 29:23 : 23 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.
• Mal 2:5 : 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• Rom 4:20 : 20 {G1161} He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
• 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.
• Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
• 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.
• Num 20:12-13 : 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
• Num 27:14 : 14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.