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Forכִּיthe headרֹאשׁof Aramאֲרָםis Damascus,דַּמֶּשֶׂקand the headוְרֹאשׁof Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂקis Rezin;רְצִיןand withinוּבְעוֹדsixty-fiveשִׁשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁyearsשָׁנָהEphraimאֶפְרַיִםwill be shatteredיֵחַתfrom being a people.מֵעָם
Isaiah 7:8
Study it in the app“For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 7:8, word by word
- the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- is Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂקdamesek
Damascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appears- is Rezinרְצִיןretsin
Rezin
Rezin. The name of a king of Aram, in Damascus, who with Pekah of Israel attacked Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isaiah 7:1). It is also borne by the ancestor of a family of temple servants (Ezra 2:48).
Where else “retsin” appears- sixty-fiveשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- sixty-fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- will be shatteredיֵחַתyechat
be shattered
Broken in pieces, or so afraid that one cannot react.
Where else “yechat” appears- from being a peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Places in this verse
Damascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
The context
7thus says Adonai YHWH: It will not stand, and it will not come to pass.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe, surely you will not stand firm.’”