Isaiah

Isaiah 8:20

²⁰To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
To the law	לְתוֹרָ֖ה	lə·ṯō·w·rāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
and to the testimony	וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה	wə·liṯ·‘ū·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8584 testimony, attestation
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they do not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
speak	יֹֽאמְרוּ֙	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
according to this	הַזֶּ֔ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
word	כַּדָּבָ֣ר	kad·dā·ḇār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
they have no	אֵֽין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
light of dawn	שָֽׁחַר׃	šā·ḥar	Noun - masculine singular	H7837 dawn

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.