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Forכִּיbeforeבְּטֶרֶםthe boyהַנַּעַרknows howיֵדַעto rejectמָאֹסevilבָּרָעand chooseוּבָחֹרgood,בַּטּוֹבthe groundהָאֲדָמָהwill be abandonedתֵּעָזֵבwhoseאֲשֶׁרtwoשְׁנֵיkingsמְלָכֶיהָyouאַתָּהdread.קָץ מִפְּנֵי
Isaiah 7:16
Study it in the app“For before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the ground will be abandoned whose two kings you dread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 7:16, word by word
- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- knows howיֵדַעyeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appears- to rejectמָאֹסmaos
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maos” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- and chooseבָחֹרvachor
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “vachor” appears- goodטּוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- will be abandonedתֵּעָזֵבteazev
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “teazev” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- kingsמְלָכֶיmelache
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melache” appears- dreadקָץkats
dread
To be greatly afraid of someone.
Where else “kats” appears- dreadפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
The context
15Butter and honey he will eat when he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
16 · This verse (above)
17YHWH will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father days that have not come since the day Ephraim departed from Judah: the king of Assyria.