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Isaiah 48:1

שִׁמְעוּ
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
זֹ֣את
zôʼth
this (often used adverb)
בֵּֽית
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יַעֲקֹ֗ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
הַנִּקְרָאִים֙
qârâʼ
the — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
בְּשֵׁ֣ם
shêm
in/with/by — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וּמִמֵּ֥י
mayim
and from — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
יְהוּדָ֖ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
יָצָ֑אוּ
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים
shâbaʻ
the — to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
בְּשֵׁ֣ם
shêm
in/with/by — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י
ʼĕlôhîym
and in/with/by — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
בֶאֱמֶ֖ת
ʼemeth
in/with/by — stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
and — not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
בִצְדָקָֽה
tsᵉdâqâh
in/with/by — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Isaiah 48:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“Hear this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel And who come from the seed of Judah, You who swear [allegiance] by the name of the Lord And invoke the God of Israel, But
Narrator's Aside
A pointed indictment closing this whole trial-scene section: Israel invokes Yahweh's name correctly while still lacking the integrity that n…
not in truth
Narrator's Aside
A pointed indictment closing this whole trial-scene section: Israel invokes Yahweh's name correctly while still lacking the integrity that n…
(sincerity) nor in righteousness [with moral and spiritual integrity].
Narrator's Aside
A pointed indictment closing this whole trial-scene section: Israel invokes Yahweh's name correctly while still lacking the integrity that n…
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“Hear this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel And who come from the seed of Judah, You who swear [allegiance] by the name of the Lord And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth (sincerity) nor in righteousness [with moral and spiritual integrity].
Isaiah 48:1
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