Isaiah
Isaiah 66:8
8Who has heard of such as this?
Who has seen such things?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be delivered in an instant?
Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,
she gave birth to her children.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | מִֽי־ | mî- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has heard | שָׁמַ֣ע | šā·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| of such as this | כָּזֹ֗את | kā·zōṯ | Preposition-k; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| Who | מִ֤י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has seen | רָאָה֙ | rā·’āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| such things | כָּאֵ֔לֶּה | kā·’êl·leh | Preposition-k; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| Can a country | אֶ֙רֶץ֙ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| be born | הֲי֤וּחַל | hă·yū·ḥal | Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2342 whirl, dance, writhe |
| in a | אֶחָ֔ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| day | בְּי֣וֹם | bə·yō·wm | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| or | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| a nation | גּ֖וֹי | gō·w | Noun - masculine singular | H1471 nation, people |
| be delivered | יִוָּ֥לֵֽד | yiw·wā·lêḏ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| in an instant | פַּ֣עַם | pa·‘am | Noun - feminine singular | H6471 beat, foot, anvil, occurrence |
| Yet | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| as soon as Zion | צִיּ֖וֹן | ṣî·yō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
| was in labor | חָ֛לָה | ḥā·lāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H2342 whirl, dance, writhe |
| she gave birth to | יָלְדָ֥ה | yā·lə·ḏāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| her children | בָּנֶֽיהָ׃ | bā·ne·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H1121 son |
Cross-references
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Isaiah 64:4 · 1 Corinthians 2:9 · Isaiah 49:20–22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.