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And I will callוְאָעִידָהfor myselfלִּיfaithfulנֶאֱמָנִיםwitnesses,עֵדִיםUriahאוּרִיָּהthe priestהַכֹּהֵןand Zechariahוְ זְכַרְיָהוּsonבֶּןof Jeberechiah.יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ
Isaiah 8:2
Study it in the app“And I will call for myself faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 8:2, word by word
- And I will callאָעִידָהaida
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aida” appears- faithfulנֶאֱמָנִיםneemanim
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neemanim” appears- witnessesעֵדִיםedim
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edim” appears- Uriahאוּרִיָּהuriya
Uriah
Uriah: the name of several men; the best known is the Hittite, one of David's mighty men and husband of Bathsheba, whom David had killed in battle (2 Samuel 11). It means "my light is YHWH."
Where else “uriya” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- and Zechariahזְכַרְיָהוּzecharyahu
Zechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharyahu” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jeberechiahיְבֶרֶכְיָהוּyeverechyahu
Jeberechiah
Jeberechiah: a name meaning "Yah blesses"; the father of Zechariah, a witness in Isaiah 8:2.
Where else “yeverechyahu” appears
The context
1And YHWH said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet, and write on it with the stylus of a man: ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’”
2 · This verse (above)
3And I went near to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. And YHWH said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;