Isaiah 40:18 Go deeper

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? (KJV)

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וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 1

מִ֖יmiwhom?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 2

תְּדַמְּי֣וּןte.da.me.Yunwill you liken !

Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1819

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpi2mp)

Meaning: to resemble

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 33:56, Judges 20:5, 2 Samuel 21:5, Esther 4:13, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1819; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 3

אֵ֑ל'ElGod

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 4

וּמַה\־u.mah-and what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 5

דְּמ֖וּתde.Mutlikeness

Lemma: דְּמוּת (de.mut) · Strong's: H1823

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: likeness

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:3, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Chronicles 4:3, Psalms 58:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1823; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 6

תַּ֥עַרְכוּTa.'ar.khuwill you compare

Lemma: עָרַךְ (a.rakh) · Strong's: H6186A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)

Meaning: to arrange

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 14:8, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 40:4, Exodus 40:23, Leviticus 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6186A; TAHOT Isaiah 40:18 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

To whom	→	מִי H4310 who?
will you liken	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble
God	→	אֵל H0410G God
To what	→	מָה H4100 what?
image	→	דְּמוּת H1823 likeness
will you compare	→	עָרַךְ H6186A to arrange
Him	→

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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