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Isa. 7:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ask
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
thee a sign
'owth (Hebrew #226)
a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
KJV usage: mark, miracle, (en-)sign, token.
Pronounce: oth
Origin: probably from 225 (in the sense of appearing)
d of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
it either in the depth
`amaq (Hebrew #6009)
to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (be, have, make, seek) deep(-ly), depth, be profound.
Pronounce: aw-mak'
Origin: a primitive root
, or in the height
gabahh (Hebrew #1361)
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
KJV usage: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Pronounce: gaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
above
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
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Isa. 38:7,22• 7And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
 22And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah? (Isa. 38:7,22)
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or, make thy petition deep.

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Isa. 37:30• 30And this shall be the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof. (Isa. 37:30)
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Isa. 38:7‑8,22• 7And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
 8behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.
 22And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah? (Isa. 38:7‑8,22)
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Judg. 6:36‑40• 36And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
 37behold, I put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if dew shall be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
 38And it was so. And when he rose up early on the morrow, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.
 39And Gideon said to God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once! Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it, I pray thee, be dry upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
 40And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew. (Judg. 6:36‑40)
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2 Kings 20:8‑11• 8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?
 9And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
 10And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
 11And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah, and he brought the shadow back on the degrees by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. (2 Kings 20:8‑11)
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Jer. 19:1,10• 1Thus saith Jehovah: Go and buy a potter's earthen flagon, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
 10And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee, (Jer. 19:1,10)
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Jer. 51:63‑64• 63And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;
 64and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. (Jer. 51:63‑64)
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Matt. 12:38‑40• 38Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.
 39But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.
 40For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. (Matt. 12:38‑40)
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Matt. 16:1‑4• 1And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.
 2But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
 3and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red and lowering; ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.
 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away. (Matt. 16:1‑4)
ask it either in the depth.
or, make thy petition deep.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height abovem.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "make deep the request, or soar upward."