Isaiah 45:19 Go deeper
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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. (KJV)
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לֹ֧אlo'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 45:19 word 1
בַסֵּ֣תֶרva.Se.terin <the> secrecy
Lemma: סֵ֫תֶר (se.ter) · Strong's: H5643A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: secrecy
Used 35 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 27:15, Deuteronomy 27:24, Deuteronomy 28:57, Judges 3:19, 1 Samuel 19:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5643A; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 2
דִּבַּ֗רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spoke
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 3
בִּמְקוֹם֙bim.kOmin a place of
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 4
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retza land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 45:19 word 5
חֹ֔שֶׁךְCho.shekhdarkness
Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: darkness
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 6
לֹ֥אlo'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 45:19 word 7
אָמַ֛רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
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 45:19 word 8
לְזֶ֥רַעle.Ze.ra'to [the] offspring of
Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: seed: children
Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 9
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 10
תֹּ֣הוּTo.huemptiness
Lemma: תֹּ֫הוּ (to.hu) · Strong's: H8414
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: formlessness
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Deuteronomy 32:10, 1 Samuel 12:21, Job 6:18, Job 12:24, Job 26:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8414; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 11
בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִיva.ke.Shu.niseek me
Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)
Meaning: to seek
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 12
אֲנִ֤י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 13
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 14
דֹּבֵ֣רdo.Ver[am] speaking
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 15
צֶ֔דֶקTze.dekrighteousness
Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 16
מַגִּ֖ידma.Gid[I am] declaring
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
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 45:19 word 17
מֵישָׁרִֽים\׃mei.sha.Rimuprightness<es>
Lemma: מֵישָׁר (me.shar) · Strong's: H4339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: uprightness
Used 19 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 29:17, Psalms 9:8, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 75:2, Psalms 96:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4339; TAHOT Isaiah 45:19 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| spoken | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| in secret | → | סֵ֫תֶר H5643A secrecy |
| from a place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| in a land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of darkness | → | חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness |
| I did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to the descendants | → | זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children |
| of Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| Seek Me | → | בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek |
| in a wasteland | → | תֹּ֫הוּ H8414 formlessness |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| the truth | → | צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness |
| I say | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| what is right | → | מֵישָׁר H4339 uprightness |
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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