Isaiah 30:4

“For his princes were in Zoan, and his messengers reach Hanes.”

Isaiah 30:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 30:4, word by word

his princesשָׂרָיsaray

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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wereהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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in Zoanצֹעַןtsoan

Zoan

Zoan, an ancient city of Egypt, in the Nile delta.

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and his messengersמַלְאָכָיmalachay

messenger

Someone sent on an errand.

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reachיַגִּיעוּyagiu

reach

To reach a place or a moment.

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Hanesחָנֵסchanes

Hanes

Hanes: a city of Egypt.

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The context

3And the stronghold of Pharaoh will become for you a shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt a humiliation.

4 · This verse (above)

5Everyone has been put to shame because of a people that does not profit them, not for help and not for profit, but for shame and also for reproach.

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