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And I went nearוָאֶקְרַבto the prophetess,אֶל הַנְּבִיאָהand she conceivedוַתַּהַרand boreוַתֵּלֶדa son.בֵּןAnd YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Callקְרָאhis nameשְׁמוֹMaher-shalal-hash-baz;מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז
Isaiah 8:3
Study it in the app“And 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;”
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Isaiah 8:3, word by word
- And I went nearאֶקְרַבekrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “ekrav” appears- to the prophetessנְּבִיאָהnevia
prophetess
Prophetess: a woman who speaks on behalf of God.
Where else “nevia” appears- and she conceivedתַּהַרtahar
conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “tahar” appears- and boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Callקְרָאkera
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kera” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- Maher-shalal-hash-bazמַהֵרmaher
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
Maher-shalal-hash-baz: "quick to the spoil, swift to the plunder", the name of a son of Isaiah, given as a sign (Isaiah 8:1-4).
Where else “maher” appears
The context
2And I will call for myself faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
3 · This verse (above)
4for before the boy knows how to cry, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus will be carried away, and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Assyria.”