Isaiah 8:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Young's Literal Translation
To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, ‘That there is no dawn to it.’

King James Bible
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.

Hebrew
To the law
לְתוֹרָ֖ה (lə·ṯō·w·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law

and to the testimony!
וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה (wə·liṯ·‘ū·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8584: Attestation, a precept, usage

If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they do not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

speak
יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ (yō·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

according to this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

word,
כַּדָּבָ֣ר (kad·dā·ḇār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

they have no
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

light of dawn.
שָֽׁחַר׃ (šā·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7837: Dawn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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