Study it in the app“for 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.””
forכִּיbeforeבְּטֶרֶםthe boyהַנַּעַרknows howיֵדַעto cry,קְרֹא‘My father’אָבִיandוְ‘My mother,’אִמִּיthe wealthחֵילof Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂקwill be carried away,יִשָּׂאand the spoilוְ שְׁלַלof Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןbeforeלִפְנֵיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Assyria.”אַשּׁוּר
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kero” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appearswealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chel” appearsDamascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisa” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelal” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears1Damascus
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).
2Samaria
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).
3Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
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;
4 · This verse (above)
5And YHWH spoke to me again, saying,
