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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Just asכַּאֲשֶׁרmy servantעַבְדִּיIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָהוּhas walkedהָלַךְnakedעָרוֹםand barefootוְיָחֵףthreeשָׁלֹשׁyears,שָׁנִיםa signאוֹתand a wonderוּמוֹפֵתagainst Egyptעַל מִצְרַיִםand against Cush,וְעַל כּוּשׁ
Isaiah 20:3
Study it in the app“And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 20:3, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” 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- has walkedהָלַךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” 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- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- and a wonderמוֹפֵתmofet
portent
A sign of what is to come.
Where else “mofet” appears- against Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and against Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” 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
2at 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.