Isaiah 51:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Young's Literal Translation
Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah—she bringeth you forth, For—one—I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

King James Bible
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Hebrew
Look
הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ (hab·bî·ṭū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֣ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

your father,
אֲבִיכֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇî·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

and to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Sarah
שָׂרָ֖ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

who bore you.
תְּחוֹלֶלְכֶ֑ם (tə·ḥō·w·lel·ḵem)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine plural
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

When
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I called him,
קְרָאתִ֔יו (qə·rā·ṯîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

he was but one;
אֶחָ֣ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

then I blessed him
וַאֲבָרְכֵ֖הוּ (wa·’ă·ḇā·rə·ḵê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

and multiplied him.
וְאַרְבֵּֽהוּ׃ (wə·’ar·bê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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