Isaiah 8:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י וְהַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָֽתַן־לִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְאֹת֥וֹת וּלְמוֹפְתִ֖ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מֵעִם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ן בְּהַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʾānōkî and-ha-yəlādîm ʾăšer nātan-to-me YHWH for-ʾōtôt and-for-môpətîm in-yiśrāʾēl from-with YHWH ṣəbāʾôt ha-šōkēn in-har ṣîyyôn

Grammar Details

• *hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st person singular - I
• *ha-yəlādîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the children
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom/which
• *nātan*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾōtôt*: noun feminine plural - signs
• *môpətîm*: noun masculine plural - wonders/portents
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *ha-šōkēn*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the one dwelling
• *har*: noun masculine singular construct - mountain of
• *ṣîyyôn*: proper noun - Zion

Word Meanings

• *yəlādîm*: children/offspring (likely referring to Isaiah's sons with symbolic names)
• *ʾōtôt*: signs/signals/symbols
• *môpətîm*: wonders/portents/omens
• *YHWH ṣəbāʾôt*: Yahweh/LORD of hosts/armies
• *ha-šōkēn bə-har ṣîyyôn*: who dwells in Mount Zion/who inhabits Mount Zion

Referenced Verses

• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
• Heb 2:13-14 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
• Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
• Isa 7:3 : 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
• Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
• Isa 8:3 : 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
• Ezek 14:8 : 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Zech 3:8 : 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
• 1 Chr 23:25 : 25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
• Ps 22:30 : 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
• Ps 71:7 : 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
• Heb 10:33 : 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.