Isaiah 44:5
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.”
קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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יָד
hand/ his
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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כָּתַב
he will write
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כָּתַב
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
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כָּנָה
he will name
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כָּנָה
to address by an additional name; hence, to eulogize
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זֶה
this one
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זֶה
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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