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“Here I Am”
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The exclusive club of five righteous men

Among all the righteous people in the Bible, there is an exclusive club of five special men: Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Samuel and Isaiah. Each of these men was personally called by God to serve, and each responded with a single Hebrew word – hineni (הנני). Literally, this means “Here I am”, but it symbolizes much more: loyalty, alertness, unflinching readiness to carry out God’s command.


A word of complete dependability

There is no single word in English that means hineni. It is a Hebrew shorthand for “Here I stand, alert, ready, prepared to accept what you ask of me.” The first person in the Bible to respond to God with hineni was Abraham. In Genesis 22 God tests Abraham by telling him to offer his beloved son Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham does not think twice. He demonstrates his readiness with this one exceptional word.


Deepen your understanding of Scripture

The great men of the Bible respond to God using hineni because this is precisely the word that God himself utters. According to Isaiah 58:9, in times of trouble, “You will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I (hineni)”. Do you want to deepen your understanding of the Scripture? Enroll in our live online Biblical Hebrew courses and proclaim, “Here I am” in Hebrew!

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Love this

It is wonderful...

Thanks Bahmer

bahmer

You're welcome I thought that it was thought provoking.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

That it was! I've been blessed twice today and it's not even 6 AM yet!

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

This entire concept of responding to the Lord instantaneously in complete faith is beautiful beyond words.

I have always loved Isaiah's call to service, what is known as the commissioning of Isaiah to serve the Lord, for it very clearly shows not only the pure faith that our Lord is able to inspire, but it also shows the plurality within the Godhead, i.e, indicating the Triune nature of our God.


Isaiah 6:8:

"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said, ["Hineni"] “Here am I. Send me!"


Lexicon
Then I heard
וָאֶשְׁמַ֞ע (wā·’eš·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

the voice
ק֤וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

of the Lord
אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

saying,
אֹמֵ֔ר (’ō·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Whom
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

shall I send?
אֶשְׁלַ֖ח (’eš·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

Who
וּמִ֣י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

will go for Us?”
יֵֽלֶךְ־ (yê·leḵ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

And I said,
וָאֹמַ֖ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Here am I.
הִנְנִ֥י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

Send me!”
שְׁלָחֵֽנִי׃ (šə·lā·ḥê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

bahmer

Amen and Amen thank you for that Zemirah.

Rose42

I love those verses.

Another good one bahmer and Zemirah.