at that timeבָּעֵת הַהִיאYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָהוּsonבֶןof Amoz,אָמוֹץsaying,לֵאמֹר“Go,לֵךְand loosenוּפִתַּחְתָּthe sackclothהַשַּׂקfromמֵעַלyour loins,מָתְנֶיךָand take offוְ תַחֲלֹץyour sandalsנַעַלְךָfrom your feet.”מֵעַל רַגְלֶיךָAnd he didוַיַּעַשׂso,כֵּןwalkingהָלֹךְnakedעָרוֹםand barefoot.וְיָחֵף
Isaiah 20:2
Study it in the app“at that time YHWH spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from your loins, and take off your sandals from your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 20:2, word by word
- at that timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָהוּyeshayahu
Isaiah
Isaiah: a name meaning "YHWH is salvation." Best known is the prophet, son of Amoz, of the time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (2 Kings 19-20; book of Isaiah); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 25:3; Ezra 8:7).
Where else “yeshayahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Amozאָמוֹץamots
Amoz
Amoz: a name meaning "strong." Father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 1:1). Not the prophet Amos, whose name is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “amots” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- and loosenפִתַּחְתָּfitachta
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “fitachta” appears- the sackclothשַּׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- your loinsמָתְנֶיmatne
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appears- and take offתַחֲלֹץtachalots
pull off
To take something off, like a sandal.
Where else “tachalots” appears- your sandalsנַעַלְnaal
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “naal” appears- from your feetרַגְלֶיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- And he didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- walkingהָלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- nakedעָרוֹםarom
naked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appears- and barefootיָחֵףyachef
barefoot
Barefoot; going barefoot was a sign of mourning or humiliation.
Where else “yachef” appears
The context
1In the year that the Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,
2 · This verse (above)
3And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,