Isaiah

Isaiah 51:1–2

¹“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,

you who seek the LORD:

Look to the rock from which you were cut,

and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

²Look to Abraham your father,

and to Sarah who gave you birth.

When I called him, he was but one;

then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Listen	שִׁמְע֥וּ	šim·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
to Me	אֵלַ֛י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
you who pursue	רֹ֥דְפֵי	rō·ḏə·p̄ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
righteousness	צֶ֖דֶק	ṣe·ḏeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
you who seek	מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י	mə·ḇaq·šê	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1245 seek
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Look	הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙	hab·bî·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5027 look
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the rock	צ֣וּר	ṣūr	Noun - masculine singular	H6697 rock, cliff
from which you were cut	חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם	ḥuṣ·ṣaḇ·tem	Verb - Pual - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H2672 hew, hew out, cleave
and to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the quarry	מַקֶּ֥בֶת	maq·qe·ḇeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4718 hammer
from which you were hewn	נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃	nuq·qar·tem	Verb - Pual - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H5365 bore, pick, dig

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Look	הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙	hab·bî·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5027 look
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם	’aḇ·rā·hām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H85 Abraham
your father	אֲבִיכֶ֔ם	’ă·ḇî·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
and to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
Sarah	שָׂרָ֖ה	śā·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8283 Sarah
who gave you birth	תְּחוֹלֶלְכֶ֑ם	tə·ḥō·w·lel·ḵem	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine plural	H2342 whirl, dance, writhe
When	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I called him	קְרָאתִ֔יו	qə·rā·ṯîw	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
he was but one	אֶחָ֣ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
then I blessed him	וַאֲבָרְכֵ֖הוּ	wa·’ă·ḇā·rə·ḵê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
and multiplied him	וְאַרְבֵּֽהוּ׃ס	wə·’ar·bê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 51:1 Isaiah 51:7 · Psalm 94:15 · Psalm 105:3–4 · Hebrews 12:14 · Romans 14:19 · Romans 9:30–32 · Amos 5:6 · Ephesians 2:11–12 · Proverbs 21:21 · Isaiah 48:12 · 2 Timothy 2:22 · 1 Timothy 6:11

Isaiah 51:2 Ezekiel 33:24 · Galatians 3:9–14 · Romans 4:1–5 · Hebrews 11:8–12 · Genesis 24:1 · Isaiah 29:22 · Genesis 18:11–13 · Romans 4:16–24 · Genesis 13:14–17 · Genesis 22:17 · Genesis 24:35 · Genesis 15:4–5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.