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Whereאַיָּםthenאֵפוֹאareyour wise men?חֲכָמֶיךָLet them tellוְיַגִּידוּyou,לָךְplease,נָאand let them knowוְיֵדְעוּwhatמַהYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתhas plannedיָּעַץagainst Egypt.עַל מִצְרָיִם
Isaiah 19:12
Study it in the app“Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you, please, and let them know what YHWH Tsevaot has planned against Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:12, word by word
- thenאֵפוֹאefo
then
Then; so, now.
Where else “efo” appears- your wise menחֲכָמֶיchachame
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachame” appears- Let them tellיַגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- and let them knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- has plannedיָּעַץyaats
plan
To form a plan in the mind and resolve to carry it out.
Where else “yaats” appears- against Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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
11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
12 · This verse (above)
13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have led astray Egypt, the cornerstone of its tribes.