Isaiah 48:12
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.”
הוּא
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
שָׁמַע
listen
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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קָרָא
called one/ my
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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רִאשׁוֹן
am first
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רִאשׁוֹן
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
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יַעֲקֹב
O Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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