What Does Isaiah 16:13 Mean in the King James?
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew names both the “word” and the act of speaking with one root: this word is speech made definite.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word concerning Moab stands before you as a definite utterance, already spoken and still named here. The declaration stays attached to its specific subject rather than dissolving into a general idea. Moab’s name carries the sense “from father,” as Genesis links the name to its naming.
THE ROOT
הַדָּבָר
haddābār
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
d-b-r
To speak or declare; as a noun, a spoken matter or word.
“word / spoken” in this verse is haddābār. The verse says “the word ... spoken” with a noun and verb from the same ד־ב־ר root, tying the message to the act of utterance. English makes them sound like separate descriptions; Hebrew echoes one seed, a declared matter is speech taking definite form.
ALSO GROWS
dābār: A word or matter.
דָּבָר
This is the noun Isaiah uses for the LORD’s declaration concerning Moab.
dibbēr: To speak or declare.
דִּבֶּר
This is the verb describing what the LORD did, echoing the noun for “word.”
THE PATTERN
When the LORD speaks, the word remains consequential beyond the moment it is spoken.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.THE THREAD
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah 16:13 calls the declaration a dābār and says the LORD dibbēr it, both from ד־ב־ר. Isaiah 55:11 uses the same noun for a word that goes forth and accomplishes its purpose, opening this terse notice into a picture of speech that carries its purpose forward.
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