Isaiah 40 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 “Nachamaw (You comfort), Nachamaw (you comfort) Imay (my people),” YaAmar (says) Alahayam (God).

2 “Dabaraw (You speak) Il-Lab (over heart) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem); WaQaraaw (and you call) Alayah (to her) KayaMalaah (surely accomplished), Tzabaah (out to her warfare) KayaYaNaRatzah (surely pardoned), Iwanah (her iniquity) KayaLaqachah (surely she received) MaYad (from hand) Yahawah () Kapalayam (double - plural) BaKal (in every) Chataahathayah (her sins).”

3 Qawal (Sound / voice) Qawaraa (call/proclaim/name), “BaMadabar (in 𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓) Panahaw (you prepare) Darak (way/path) Yahawah () Yasharaw (you make level) BaIrabah (in wilderness)! Masalah (highway) BaIrabah (in the desert) LaAlahayam (God).

4 Kal (Every) Gayaa (every valley) YaNaNashaa (exalted), WaKal (and every) Har (mountain) WaGabaih (and hill) YaShapalaw (made low). WaYaHayah (and came to pass) HaIqab (the 𐤏𐤒𐤁) LaMayashawar (uneven made level), WaHaRakasayam (and the rough places) LaBaqaih (plain).

5 WaYaNaGalah (And revealed), Kabawad (glory) Yahawah () WaRaahaw (and see) Kal (every) Bashar (flesh) Yachadaw (it together); KayaPahay (surely mouth) Yahawah () YaDabar (spoken).”

6 Qawal (Sound / voice) Amar (said), “Qaraa (call/proclaim/name)!” WaYaAmar (and said), “Mah (what / why / how) AQaraa (I cry)?” “Kal (every) HaBashar (the flesh) Chatzayar (like grass), WaKal (and every) Chasadaw (his grace) KaTzayatz (glory like flower) HaShadah (the field).

7 YaYabash (Withers), Chatzayar (grass) YaNabal (fades), Tzayatz (flower) KayaRawach (surely because spirit / wind) Yahawah () Nashabah (blows). Baw (within him) Akan (Surely) Chatzayar (like grass) HaIm (the people).

8 YaYabash (Withers), Chatzayar (grass) YaNabal (fades) Tzayatz (flower); WaDabar (and word) Alahayam (God) YaQawam (stands) LaIwalam (forever).”

9 IlaHar (Over mountain) Gabah (high) Ilahay (you go up) Lak (for you) MaBasharath (tell good news) Tzayawan (Zion). HaRawayamay (you [causing] lift up) BaKach (with strength) Qawalak (your voice) MaBasharath (tell good news) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem). HaRawayamay (you [causing] lift up). Al (not) ThaYaraay (you afraid). Amaray (you say) LaIyaray (to cities) Yahawadah (Judah), “Hanah (Behold), Alahayam (God)!”

10 Hanah (Behold) Adanay () Yahawah () BaChazaq (in mighty one), YaBawaa (Behold come) WaZarawaiw (and his arm) Mashalah (rule/have dominion). Law (for him) Hanah (Behold), Shakaraw (his reward), Athaw (entirety him) WaPailahathaw (and his 𐤐𐤏𐤋𐤄) LaPanayamaw (recompense before him).

11 KaRaih (As feed) Idaraw (his flock) YaRaih (shepherd). BaZarawaiw (in his arm), YaQabatz (he gather) Talaayam (lambs) WaBaChayaqaw (and in his bosom) YaNashaa (carry). Iwalawath (young - plural) YaNahal (he gently lead).

12 May (Who) YaMadad (measured) BaShailaw (in hollow of his hand), Mayam (waters) WaShamayam (and marked off sky) BaZarath (with span), YaThakan (𐤕𐤊𐤍) WaYaKawal (and all) BaShalayash (in measure), Ipar (calculated dust) HaAratz (the earth) WaYaShaqal (and weighed) BaPalas (in scales), Harayam (mountains) WaGabaihawath (and hills) BaMaazanayam (in balance - plural)?

13 May (Who) YaThakan (directed) Ath-Rawach (the entirety of spirit / wind) Yahawah (), WaAyash (and man) Itzahathaw (his 𐤏𐤑𐤄) YaYawadayaiw (taught him counselor)?

14 Ath-May (Entirety Who) YaNaYawaitz (he take counsel), WaYaBayanaw (and instructed him), WaYaLamadaw (and taught him) BaArach (in path) Mashapat (judgement), WaYaLamadaw (and taught him) Daith (knowledge), WaDarak (and showed way) Thabawanawath (understanding - plural) YaYawadayaiw (know/understand him)?

15 Han (Behold) Gawayam (Behold heathen) KaMar (like drop) MaDalay (from bucket), WaKaShachaq (and as speck of dust) Maazanayam (balance - plural) NaChashabaw (regarded). Han (Behold), Ayayam (lifts islands) KaDaq (like very little thing) YaNatawal (𐤍𐤈𐤅𐤋).

16 WaLabanawan (And Lebanon) Ayan (NO ONE) Day (Plenty / more than enough) Bair (burn), WaChayathaw (and his life) Ayan (NO ONE) Day (animals Plenty / more than enough) Iwalah (burnt offering).

17 Kal (Every) HaGawayam (the nations) KaAyan (As no ONE) Nagadaw (counterpart him) MaApas (regarded less than nothing), WaThahaw (and vanity) NaChashabaw (like nothing before). Law (for him).

18 WaAl-May (And to Who) ThaDamahayawan (you liken - emphatic) Al? WaMah (and what / why / how) Damawath (resemblance/similitude) ThaIrakaw (you compare) Law (for him)?

19 HaPasal (Cast the image), YaNasak (pour out) Charash (workman) WaTzarap (and goldsmith) BaZahab (overlays with gold), YaRaqaiw (𐤓𐤒𐤏 him) WaRathaqahawath (and chains) Kasap (silver) Tzawarap (casts).

20 HaMaSakan (Who too impoverished) Tharawamah (such offering) Itz (tree) Laa (NOT) YaRaqab (rot) YaBachar (chooses). Charash (skillful workman) Chakam (𐤇𐤊𐤌) YaBaqash (he seeks) Law (for him) LaHaKawayan (to [causing] set) Pasal (image) Laa (NOT) YaMawat (moved).

21 HaLawaa (NOT) ThaYadaiw (you known)? HaLawaa (NOT) ThaShamaiw (you heard)? HaLawaa (NOT) YaHaNagad ([causing] told) MaRaash (from beginning)? Lakam (for you) HaLawaa (NOT) HaBayanatham (you [causing] understood) Mawasadahawath (foundations) HaAratz (the earth)?

22 HaYashab (Who sits) Il-Chawag (over above circle) HaAratz (the earth), WaYashabayah (and its inhabitants) KaChagabayam (like grasshoppers); HaNawatah (who 𐤍𐤅𐤈𐤄) KaDaq (like curtain), Shamayam (stretches Heavens) WaYaMathacham (and spreads them out) KaAhal (as tent) LaYashabath (to dwell);

23 HaNawathan (Who brings) Rawazanayam (princes) LaAyan (nothing); Shapatay (judges) Aratz (Earth/land) KaThahaw (like meaningless) YaIshah (makes).

24 Ap (Indeed) Bal (𐤁𐤋) NaNataiw (they planted) Ap (scarcely). Bal (𐤁𐤋) Zaraiw (they sown) Ap (scarcely). Bal (𐤁𐤋) YaSharash (scarcely taken root) BaAratz (in ground) Gazaim (their stock). WaGam (and indeed / moreover) YaNashap (he merely blows), Bam (within him them) WaYaYabashaw (and wither), WaSairah (and whirlwind) KaQash (away as stubble) ThaNashaam (takes them).

25 “WaAl-May (And to Who) ThaDamahayaway (you liken me)? WaAShawah (And I equal)?” YaAmar (says) Qadawash (Holy / Set Apart - already).

26 Nashaaw (You lift up) Marawam (high), Iyanayakam (your eyes) WaRaahaw (and you see) May (Who) YaBaraa (created), Alah (these) HaMaYawatzayaa (who brings out) BaMasapar (by number) Tzabaam (their army). LaKalam (their every) BaSham (by name) YaQaraa (he calls). MaRab (From many) Awanayam (greatness his might - plural), WaAmayatz (and strong) Kach (strength / mighty / power), Ayash (man) Laa (NOT) YaNaIdar (lacking).

27 LaMah (What / why / how) ThaAmar (you why say), Yaiqab (Jacob), WaThaDabar (and you speak), Yashar-Al (Israel), “NaSatharah (hidden) Darakay (my way) Yahawah (), WaMaAlahayam (and from God) Mashapatay (my justice due disregarded)?” YaIbawar (pass over/through)

28 HaLawaa (NOT) Yadaith (you known)? Am-Laa (although - rhetorical NOT) Shamaith (you heard)? Alahayam (God), Iwalam (eternity) Yahawah (), Bawaraa (create) Qatzahawath (Creator ends) HaAratz (the earth), Laa (NOT) YaYaip (faint). WaLaa (And not) YaYagai (he weary). Ayan (NO ONE) Chaqar (𐤇𐤒𐤓) LaThabawanathaw (his understanding unsearchable).

29 Nathan (Gave) LaYaip (𐤉𐤏𐤐) Kach (strength / mighty / power) WaLaAyan (and weak). Awanayam (has - plural) Itzamah (strength) YaRabah (he increases).

30 WaYaYaipaw (And even youths faint) Nairayam (𐤍𐤏𐤓 - plural) WaYaYagaiw (and get weary), WaBachawarayam (and young men) Kashawal (stumble / stagger) YaKashalaw (fall);

31 WaQawahay (And wait) Yahawah () YaChalayapaw (renew) Kach (strength / mighty / power). YaIlahaw (mount up) Abar (wings) KaNasharayam (like eagles). YaRawatzaw (run), WaLaa (And not) YaYagaiw (weary). YaYalakaw (walk), WaLaa (And not) YaYaipaw (faint).