Isaiah 11:16

“And 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.”

Isaiah 11:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 11:16, word by word

And there will beהָיְתָהhayta

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “hayta” appears
a highwayמְסִלָּהmesila

highway

Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.

Where else “mesila” appears
for the remnantשְׁאָרshear

rest, remainder

Rest: what is left of something.

Where else “shear” appears
of his peopleעַמּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “am” appears
remainsיִשָּׁאֵרyishaer

remain

To remain, what is left.

Where else “yishaer” appears
from Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur

Assyria, Asshur

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for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
they came upעֲלֹתalot

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “alot” appears
from the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaAssyriaEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Assyria

    Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)

    An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.

    Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).

    2 Kings 17:6Isaiah 10:5Hosea 11:52 Chronicles 33:11

  • 2Egypt

    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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

15And 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.

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