Isaiah 43:18 Go deeper
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Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. (KJV)
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אַֽל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Isaiah 43:18 word 1
תִּזְכְּר֖וּtiz.ke.Ruyou remember
Lemma: זָכַר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2142
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqj2mp)
Meaning: to remember
Used 229 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 9:15, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 40:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2142; TAHOT Isaiah 43:18 word 2
רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹתri.sho.Notformer [things]
Lemma: רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) · Strong's: H7223H
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical position · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAofpa)
Meaning: first: previous
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 26:1, Leviticus 26:45, Numbers 6:12, Numbers 21:26, Deuteronomy 4:32, Deuteronomy 9:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7223H; TAHOT Isaiah 43:18 word 3
וְקַדְמֹנִיּ֖וֹתve.kad.mo.ni.Yotand ancient [things]
Lemma: קַדְמֹנִי (qad.mo.ni) · Strong's: H6931H
Parsing: Aafpa (Aafpa)
Meaning: eastern: older
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Samuel 24:13, Ezekiel 38:17, Malachi 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6931H; TAHOT Isaiah 43:18 word 4
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Isaiah 43:18 word 5
תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ\׃tit.bo.Na.nuyou consider
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVtj2mp)
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 43:18 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| call to mind | → | זָכַר H2142 to remember |
| the former things | → | רִאשׁוֹן H7223H first: previous |
| pay no | → | אַל H0408 not |
| attention | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| to the things of old | → | קַדְמֹנִי H6931H eastern: older |
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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