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And YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill strikeנָגַףEgypt,אֶת מִצְרַיִםstrikingנָגֹףand healing;וְרָפוֹאand they will returnוְשָׁבוּto YHWH,עַד יְהוָהand he will let himself be entreatedוְנֶעְתַּרby themלָהֶםand will heal them.וּרְפָאָם
Isaiah 19:22
Study it in the app“And YHWH will strike Egypt, striking and healing; and they will return to YHWH, and he will let himself be entreated by them and will heal them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:22, 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 strikeנָגַףnagaf
strike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “nagaf” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and healingרָפוֹאrafo
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “rafo” appears- and they will returnשָׁבוּshavu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shavu” appears- and he will let himself be entreatedנֶעְתַּרnetar
be entreated
God accepts the plea and responds.
Where else “netar” 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
21And YHWH will make himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know YHWH on that day; and they will serve with sacrifice and offering, and they will vow a vow to YHWH and fulfill it.
22 · This verse (above)
23On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria; and Egypt will serve with Assyria.