Isaiah 46:12 Go deeper
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Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: (KJV)
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שִׁמְע֥וּshim.'Ulisten
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
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 46:12 word 1
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito me
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 46:12 word 2
אַבִּ֣ירֵי'a.Bi.reiO [people] mighty of
Lemma: אַבִּיר (ab.bir) · Strong's: H0047I
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)
Meaning: mighty: strong
Used 7 times. Also: 1 Samuel 21:7, Job 24:22, Job 34:20, Psalms 76:5, Jeremiah 46:15, Lamentations 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0047I; TAHOT Isaiah 46:12 word 3
לֵ֑בLevheart
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Isaiah 46:12 word 4
הָרְחוֹקִ֖יםha.re.cho.KimO [people] distant
Lemma: רָחֹק (ra.choq) · Strong's: H7350
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: distant
Used 84 times. Also: Genesis 22:4, Genesis 37:18, Exodus 2:4, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:21, Exodus 24:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7350; TAHOT Isaiah 46:12 word 5
מִצְּדָקָֽה\׃mi.tze.da.Kahfrom righteousness
Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Isaiah 46:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to Me | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| you stubborn | → | אַבִּיר H0047I mighty: strong |
| people | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| far removed | → | רָחֹק H7350 distant |
| from righteousness | → | צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness |
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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