Isaiah 44 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 WaIthah (And now / present moment) Shamai (hearken / hear now), Yaiqab (Jacob) Ibaday (my servant), Yashar-Al (Israel), Bacharathay (Chosen / Selected) Baw (within him).

2 Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (says) Yahawah () Ishahak (made you), WaYatzarak (and formed you) MaBatan (from womb), YaIzarak (help you): “Al (not) ThaYaraa (you afraid), Ibaday (my servant); Yaiqab (Jacob) WaYasharawan (and Jeshurun), Bacharathay (Chosen / Selected) Baw (within him).

3 KayaAYatzaq (Surely I pour) Mayam (waters) Il-Tzamaa (over Thirst / Thirsty), WaNazalayam (and streams) Il-Yabashah (over dry land). AYatzaq (I pour) Rawachay (my Spirit) Il-Zaraik (over your seed), WaBarakahathay (and my blessing) Il-Tzaatzaayak (over your offspring):

4 WaTzamachaw (And they spring up) BaBayanaChatzayar (among grass), KaIrabayam (as willows) Il-Yabalay (over watercourses) Mayam (Waters).

5 Zah (This / that / these) YaAmar (one say), ‘Yahawah ();’ Anay (I / Me) WaZah (and this / that / these) YaQaraa (called) BaSham (by name) Yaiqab (Jacob); WaZah (and this / that / these) YaKathab (write) Yadaw (his hand) ‘Yahawah (),’ WaBaSham (and honor in name) Yashar-Al (Israel) YaKanah (𐤊𐤍𐤄).”

6 Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (says) Yahawah (), Malak (king) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaGaalaw (and his redeemer), Yahawah () Tzabaawath (armies): “Anay (I / Me) Raashawan (first), WaAnay (and I / Me) Acharawan (last); WaMaBalaidayay (and besides me) Ayan (NO ONE) Alahayam (God).

7 ?WaMay (And who) Kamaway (𐤊𐤌𐤅 me) YaQaraa (like call), WaYaNagayadah (and declare her), WaYaIrakah (and set it order), Lay (for me) MaShawamay (from place / establish / appoint me) Im (nation / people) Iwalam (since established eternity)? WaAthahayawath (and you - plural) WaAsharaThaBawaanah (and who/that coming), YaNagayadaw (let declare) Lam (happen them).

8 Al (Not) ThaPachadaw (you fear), WaAl (and not) ThaRahahaw (you neither afraid). HaLaa (NOT) MaAz (from at that time) HaShamaithayak (hearken / hear you) WaHaNagadathay (and [causing] declared) WaAthaham (and long ago), Iday (my shown) HaYash (witnesses). Alawah ()? MaBalaidayay (besides me)? WaAyan (And indeed). Tzawar (other rock) Bal (𐤁𐤋) Yadaithay (know/understand).”

9 Yatzaray (Everyone makes) Pasal (image) Kalam (their every) Thahaw (formless). WaChamawadayam (and covet them) Bal (𐤁𐤋) YaYawaiyalaw (things delight profit). WaIdayam (and their until / as far as) Hamah (they / them) Bal (𐤁𐤋) YaRaahaw (own witnesses see), WaBal (and 𐤁𐤋) YaYadaiw (know), LaMainaYaBawashaw (𐤋 disappointed).

10 May (Who) YaYatzar (fashioned) Al, WaPasal (and molds image) YaNasak (pour out) LaBalathayaHaYawaiyal (profitable for nothing 𐤉𐤅𐤏𐤉𐤋)?

11 Han (Behold) Kal (every) Chabarayaw (Behold his fellows) YaBawashaw (disappointed); WaCharashayam (and 𐤇𐤓𐤔 - plural) Hamah (they / them) MaAdam (workmen from mere men). YaThaQabatzaw ([reflexive] let gathered together). Kalam (their every) YaImadaw (let stand up). YaPachadaw (fear). YaBawashaw (put to shame) Yachad (together).

12 Charash (𐤇𐤓𐤔) Barazal (𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋) Maitzad (𐤌𐤏𐤑𐤃) WaYaPail (and blacksmith takes axe works) BaPacham (in coals), WaBaMaqabahawath (and with hammers), YaYatzaraw (fashions him) WaYaPailaw (and works him) BaZarawai (strong in arm). Kachaw (his strength) Gam (indeed / moreover) YaRaib (he hungry), WaAyan (and fails); Kach (strength / mighty / power) Laa (NOT) YaShathah (he drinks) Mayam (waters), WaYaYaip (and faint).

13 Charash (Carpenter) Itzayam (tree - plural) YaNatah (𐤍𐤈𐤄) Qaw (stretches line). YaThaaraw (he marks it out) BaSharad (in pencil). YaIshahaw (make him) BaMaqatzaihawath (shapes with planes). WaBaMachawagah (and in 𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤂𐤄) YaThaaraw (he marks it out) WaYaIshahaw (and compasses him), KaThabanayath (shapes like figure) Ayash (man), KaThapaarahath (as beauty) Adam (man/mankind), LaYashabath (inhabit/dwell) Bayath (reside house).

14 LaKarath (Cuts down) Law (for him) Arazayam (cedars himself), WaYaLaqach (and takes) Tharazah (cypress) WaAlawan (and oak), WaYaAmatz (and strengthens) Law (for him) BaItzay (in trees) Yair (forest). YaNatai (he plants) Aran (fir tree), WaGasham (and rain) YaGadal (nourishes).

15 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) LaAdam (for man) LaBair (to burn); WaYaLaqach (and he takes), MaWaYaChamam (and warms them) Ap (himself). LaBair (he burns), YaNashayaq (yes), WaYaApah (and bakes) Lacham (bread). Ap (Yes), YaPail (he makes) Al, WaYaThaShachahaw (and [reflexive] worships him); Ishahaw (makes him) Pasal (image), WaYaSagad (and falls down) Lam (for them).

16 Chatzayaw (His part) YaSharap (he burns) Bamaw-Ash (𐤁𐤌𐤅 fire). Il-Chatzayaw (over his part), Bashar (flesh) YaAkal (he eats meat). YaTzalah (roast), Tzalay (roasts) WaYaShabai (and satisfied). Ap (Yes), YaChamam (he warms himself), WaYaAmar (and says), “Haach (Aha)! Chamamawathay (warm him). Raahayathay (saw/seen) Awar (light).”

17 WaShaarayathaw (And his rest) Al, YaIshah (it makes) LaPasalaw (his image). YaSagawad (𐤎𐤂𐤅𐤃) Law (for him) WaYaThaShachahaw (and bows down it [reflexive] worships), WaYaThaPalal (and [reflexive] prays), “Al; WaYaAmar (and says), HaNatzayalay ([causing] deliver me)!” KayaAlay (surely My alahayam) Athah (you)

18 Laa (NOT) Yadaiw (they know), WaLaa (And not) YaBayanaw (neither consider): KayaYaTawach (surely 𐤈𐤅𐤇) MaRaahawath (from see - plural) Iyanayam (shut their eyes); MaHaShakayal (from [causing] understand) Labatham (their hearts).

19 WaLaa (And not) YaShawayab (turn / return) Al-Labaw (to his one) WaLaa (and thinks), Daith (knowledge) WaLaa (And not) Thabawanah (understanding) LaAmar (to say), “Chatzayaw (his part) Sharapathay (burned) Bamaw-Ash (𐤁𐤌𐤅 fire). WaAp (And yes), Apahayathay (bake) Il-Gachalayaw (over its coals) Lacham (bread). ATzalah (I roasted) Bashar (flesh) WaAAkal (and meat I eaten). WaYatharaw (and his rest) LaThawaibah (abomination) AIshah (I make)? LaBawal (𐤁𐤅𐤋) Itz (bow down tree) ASagawad (I trunk)?”

20 Raih (Shepherd) Apar (ashes). Lab (heart) YaHaHawathal ([causing] deceived) HaNatahaw ([causing] turned him aside); WaLaa (And not) YaNatzayal (he deliver) Ath-Napashaw (the entirety of his soul), WaLaa (And not) YaAmar (say), “HaLawaa (NOT) Shaqar (lie) BaYamayanay (in my right hand)?”

21 Zakar (Remember) Alah (things), Yaiqab (Jacob) KayaIbaday (surely my servant). Athah (you) Yatzarathayak (formed you). Ibad (servant). Yashar-Al (Israel), Lay (for me) Athah (you) Yashar-Al (Israel); Laa (NOT) ThaNaNashahay (you forgotten me).

22 Machahayathay (Blotted out), KaIb (as thick cloud), Pashaiyak (your transgressions), WaKaInan (and as cloud), Chataahawathayak (your sins). Shawabah (return - emphatic), Alay (to me) KayaGaalathayak (surely redeemed you).

23 Rananaw (You sing), Shamayam (Heavens), Kay-YaIshah (surely done) Yahawah ()! HaRawayaiw (you [causing] shout), Thachathayawath (lower parts) Aratz (Earth/land)! Patzachaw (you break out) Harayam (mountains), Ranah (singing), Yair (O forest), WaKal (and every) Itz (tree), Baw (within him) Kay-YaGaal (surely redeemed) Yahawah () Yaiqab (Jacob), YaThaPaar ([reflexive] glorify) Yashar-Al (himself Israel).

24 Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah (), Gaalak (your redeemer), WaYatzarak (and formed you) MaBatan (from womb): “Anakay (I) Yahawah (), Ishah (make) Kal (things); Natah (alone stretches out) Shamayam (Heavens); Natah (who spreads out) LaBaday (my alone) Raqai (𐤓𐤒𐤏) HaAratz (the earth); Mayamay (Waters) Athay (entirety me)

25 MaParar (Frustrates) Awathawath (signs) Badayam (liars), WaQasamayam (and 𐤒𐤎𐤌 - plural) YaHawalal (makes diviners mad); MaShawayab (turn / return) Chakamayam (wise - plural) Achawar (men backward), WaDaitham (and their knowledge) YaSashakal (foolish);

26 MaQawayam (Confirms) Dabar (word / matter) Ibadaw (his servant), WaItzahath (and counsel) Malaakayaw (his messengers) YaShalayam (performs); HaAmar (who says) LaYarawashalam (of Jerusalem), ‘ThaYawashab (inhabited);’ WaLaIyaray (and cities) Yahawadah (Judah), ‘ThaBanahayanah (built),’ WaCharabahawathayah (and its waste places);’ AQawamam (I raise up)

27 HaAmar (Who says) LaTzawalah (to deep), ‘Charabay (you dry),’ WaNaharathayak (and your rivers);’ AYawabayash (I dry up)

28 HaAmar (Who says) LaKawarash (of Cyrus), ‘Raiyay (shepherd me), WaKal (and every) Chapatzay (my pleasure) YaShalam (perform),’ WaLaAmar (and saying) LaYarawashalam (of Jerusalem), ‘ThaBanah (you built);’ WaHayakal (and temple), ‘ThaYawasad (you foundation laid).’”