Isaiah 7:6

““Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and break into it for ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, the son of Tabeel,””

Isaiah 7:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 7:6, word by word

“Let us go upנַעֲלֶהnaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “naale” appears
against Judahיהוּדָהyhuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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and terrify itנְקִיצֶnekitse

terrify

To fill others with fear so that they give in.

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and break into itנַבְקִעֶnavkie

breach

To break into a city.

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and set upנַמְלִיךְnamlich

make king

To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.

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a kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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in its midstתוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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the sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Tabeelטָבְאַלtaval

Tabeel

Tabeel: a name meaning "El (God) is good". In Ezra 4:7, one of those who wrote to the king of Persia; in Isaiah 7:6, the father of the man whom Rezin and Pekah wanted to make king.

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The context

5Because Aram has plotted evil against you, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,

6 · This verse (above)

7thus says Adonai YHWH: It will not stand, and it will not come to pass.

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