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Isaiah 8:2

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Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.	And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.	And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I took^H5749 unto me faithful^H539 witnesses^H5707 to record^H5749, Uriah^H223 the priest^H3548, and Zechariah^H2148 the son^H1121 of Jeberechiah^H3000.

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Original Hebrew

וְאָעִידָה לִּי עֵדִים נֶאֱמָנִים אֵת אוּרִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְאֶת־זְכַרְיָהוּ בֶּן יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אָעִ֣ידָה	ve./'a.'I.dah	H5749	HC/Vhh1cs	and/ I will call as witness
לִּ֔/י	L/i		HR/Sp1cs	for (the)/ myself
עֵדִ֖ים	'e.Dim	H5707	HNcmpa	witnesses
נֶאֱמָנִ֑ים	ne.'e.ma.Nim	H539	HVNrmpa	reliable
אֵ֚ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אוּרִיָּ֣ה	'u.ri.Yah	H223	HNp	Uriah
הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן	ha./ko.Hen	H3548	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ priest
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ	ze.khar.Ya.hu	H2148	HNp	Zechariah
בֶּ֥ן	ben	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּ	ye.ve.rekh.Ya.hu	H3000	HNp	Jeberekiah

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H223 — אוּרִיָּה (ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'): or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from אוּר and יָהּ; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites; Uriah, Urijah.
• H539 — אָמַן (ʼâman, aw-man'): a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with אָמַן, to go to the right hand); properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2148 — זְכַרְיָה (Zᵉkaryâh, zek-ar-yaw'): or זְכַרְיָהוּ; from זָכַר and יָהּ; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites; Zachariah, Zechariah.
• H3000 — יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ (Yᵉberekyâhûw, yeb-eh-rek-yaw'-hoo): from בָרַךְ and יָהּ; blessed of Jah; Jeberekjah, an Israelite; Jeberechiah.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.
• H5749 — עוּד (ʻûwd, ood): a primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication); admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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