Isaiah 40:25 Go deeper

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. (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 40:25 word 1

מִ֥יmiwhom?

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 40:25 word 2

תְדַמְּי֖וּנִיte.da.me.Yu.niwill you liken me

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 40:25 word 3

וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑הve.'esh.Vehand I may be equal?

Lemma: שָׁוָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7737A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)

Meaning: be like

Used 14 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Esther 5:13, Esther 7:4, Job 33:27, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 131:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7737A; TAHOT Isaiah 40:25 word 4

יֹאמַ֖רyo.Marhe says

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 40:25 word 5

קָדֽוֹשׁ\׃ka.Do.osh[the] holy [one]

Lemma: קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) · Strong's: H6918G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: holy

Used 108 times. Also: Exodus 19:6, Exodus 29:31, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 6:27, Leviticus 7:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6918G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:25 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

To	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
whom	→	מִי H4310 who?
will you liken Me	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble
or who is My equal	→	שָׁוָה H7737A be like
asks	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
the Holy One	→	קָדוֹשׁ H6918G holy

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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