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And the headוְרֹאשׁof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםis Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןand the headוְרֹאשׁof Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןis the sonבֶּןof Remaliah.רְמַלְיָהוּIfאִםyou do notלֹאbelieve,תַאֲמִינוּsurelyכִּיyou will notלֹאstand firm.’”תֵאָמֵנוּ
Isaiah 7:9
Study it in the app“And 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 7:9, word by word
- And the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- of 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- is Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- is the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Remaliahרְמַלְיָהוּremalyahu
Remaliah
Remaliah: a name the lexicon explains as "YHWH has adorned." Father of Pekah, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:25). In Isaiah 7 Pekah is called simply "the son of Remaliah."
Where else “remalyahu” appears- believeתַאֲמִינוּtaaminu
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “taaminu” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “believe” (תַאֲמִינוּ) and “stand firm” (תֵאָמֵנוּ) are forms of the same verb.
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
8For 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And YHWH spoke again to Ahaz, saying,