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On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill beיִהְיֶהthe thirdשְׁלִישִׁיָּהwith Egyptלְמִצְרַיִםand with Assyria,וּלְאַשּׁוּרa blessingבְּרָכָהin the middleבְּקֶרֶבof the earth,הָאָרֶץ
Isaiah 19:24
Study it in the app“On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the middle of the earth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:24, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- 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- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיָּהshelishiya
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishiya” appears- with Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and with Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- a blessingבְּרָכָהberacha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “beracha” appears- in the middleקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
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).
2Assyria
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).
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25whom YHWH Tsevaot has blessed, saying, “Blessed be my people Egypt, and the work of my hands Assyria, and my inheritance Israel.”