And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat YHWHיְהוָהwill beat out the grainיַחְבֹּטfrom the flowing streamמִשִּׁבֹּלֶתof the Riverהַנָּהָרtoעַדthe torrentנַחַלof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand youוְאַתֶּםwill be gatheredתְּלֻקְּטוּone by one,לְאַחַד אֶחָדsonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Isaiah 27:12
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that YHWH will beat out the grain from the flowing stream of the River to the torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 27:12, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that 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 beat out the grainיַחְבֹּטyachbot
beat out
Beat out: strike the branches so the fruit falls; also to thresh.
Where else “yachbot” appears- from the flowing streamשִּׁבֹּלֶתshibolet
current
A flood of water.
Where else “shibolet” appears- of the Riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- the torrentנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will be gatheredתְּלֻקְּטוּteluktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “teluktu” appears- one by oneאַחַדachad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “achad” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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
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
11When its boughs dry up, they will be broken; women will come and set it on fire. For it is not a people of understanding; therefore its Maker will not have compassion on it, and the one who formed it will not show it favor.
12 · This verse (above)
13And it will happen on that day that a great horn will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria will come, and the dispersed in the land of Egypt, and they will bow down to YHWH on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.