And YHWHיְהוָהwill devote to destructionוְהֶחֱרִיםthe tongueלְשׁוֹןof the seaיָםof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand he will waveוְהֵנִיףhis handיָדוֹover the Riverעַל הַנָּהָרwith the heatבַּעְיָםof his wind,רוּחוֹand strike itוְהִכָּהוּinto sevenלְשִׁבְעָהstreams,נְחָלִיםand make people crossוְהִדְרִיךְin sandals.בַּנְּעָלִים
Isaiah 11:15
Study it in the app“And YHWH will devote to destruction the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and he will wave his hand over the River with the heat of his wind, and strike it into seven streams, and make people cross in sandals.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 11:15, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will devote to destructionהֶחֱרִיםhecherim
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecherim” appears- the tongueלְשׁוֹןleshon
bay
Something long and narrow like a tongue, such as a bay of the sea reaching into the land.
Where else “leshon” appears- of the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and he will waveהֵנִיףhenif
wield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “henif” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- over the Riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- with the heatעְיָםeyam
heat
The scorching force of the wind; the sense is doubtful.
Where else “eyam” appears- of his windרוּחruch
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruch” appears- and strike itהִכָּhika
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hika” appears- into sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- streamsנְחָלִיםnechalim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nechalim” appears- and make people crossהִדְרִיךְhidrich
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “hidrich” appears- in sandalsנְּעָלִיםnealim
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “nealim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
14And they will swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east; Edom and Moab will be the reach of their hand, and the sons of Ammon their subjects.
15 · This verse (above)
16And there will be a highway for the remnant of his people that remains from Assyria, as there was for Israel on the day they came up from the land of Egypt.