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And Egyptוּמִצְרַיִםhelpsיַעְזֹרוּwith vaporהֶבֶלand emptiness;וָרִיקthereforeלָכֵןI have calledקָרָאתִיherלָזֹאת“Rahabרַהַבwho sits still.”הֵם שָׁבֶת
Isaiah 30:7
Study it in the app“And Egypt helps with vapor and emptiness; therefore I have called her “Rahab who sits still.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 30:7, word by word
- And Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- helpsיַעְזֹרוּyazoru
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “yazoru” appears- with vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- and emptinessרִיקrik
empty
Something empty, worthless.
Where else “rik” appears- I have calledקָרָאתִיkarati
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “karati” appears- “Rahabרַהַבrahav
Rahab, arrogance
Rahab: it means "the proud one," "the one who storms." In biblical poetry it is the name of a sea monster, a figure of the forces God overcame (Job 9:13; 26:12; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 51:9); it is also a poetic name for Egypt (Psalm 87:4; Isaiah 30:7). It is not the woman of Jericho, whose name is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “rahav” appears- who sits stillשָׁבֶתshavet
sit still
Not stirring, doing nothing.
Where else “shavet” appears
Translation note
Rahab is a sea monster and a poetic name for Egypt (Psalms 87:4; 89:10). She is not the Rahab of Jericho.
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
6The burden of the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, where the lioness and the lion are among them, the viper and the flying fiery serpent, they carry on the backs of young donkeys their riches, and on the humps of camels their treasures, to a people that does not profit.
7 · This verse (above)
8Now go, write it on a tablet before them, and in a book inscribe it, that it may be for the day to come, forever, for all eternity.