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Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? (KJV)
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הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 1
תֵֽדְעוּ֙te.de.'Udo you know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 2
הֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 3
תִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'udo you hear
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 4
הֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 5
הֻגַּ֥דhu.Gadhas it been told
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHp3ms)
Meaning: to tell
Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 6
מֵרֹ֖אשׁme.Roshfrom [the] beginning
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: head: first
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Exodus 12:2, Leviticus 6:5, Numbers 5:7, Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218J; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 7
הֲלוֹא֙ha.lO'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 8
הֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔םha.Vi.no.Temhave you understood
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhp2mp)
Meaning: to understand
Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 9
מוֹסְד֖וֹתmos.Dot[the] foundations of
Lemma: מוֹסָדָה (mo.sa.dah) · Strong's: H4146
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: foundation
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:8, 2 Samuel 22:16, Psalms 18:15, Jeremiah 51:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4146; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 10
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:21 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do you not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| Have you not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| heard | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| Has it not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| been declared to you | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| from the beginning | → | רֹאשׁ H7218J head: first |
| Have you not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| understood | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| since the foundation | → | מוֹסָדָה H4146 foundation |
| of the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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