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“Becauseיַעַן כִּיthis peopleהָעָם הַזֶּהhas rejectedמָאַסthe watersמֵיof Shiloahהַשִּׁלֹחַthat goהַהֹלְכִיםgently,לְאַטand rejoicesוּמְשׂוֹשׂover Rezinרְצִיןand the sonוּבֶןof Remaliah,רְמַלְיָהוּ
Isaiah 8:6
Study it in the app““Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that go gently, and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 8:6, word by word
- this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- has rejectedמָאַסmaas
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maas” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Shiloahשִּׁלֹחַshiloach
Shelah, Shiloah
Shelah (Shiloah): the name of a pool and channel of Jerusalem, beside the king's garden; Strong identifies it with Siloam (Isaiah 8:6), whose Hebrew name is almost the same.
Where else “shiloach” appears- that goהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears- gentlyאַטat
gently
With slow, gentle steps, without hurrying or hurting.
Where else “at” appears- and rejoicesמְשׂוֹשׂmesos
joy, delight
Joy, delight; also what causes it.
Where else “mesos” appears- over 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- and the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” 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
The context
5And YHWH spoke to me again, saying,
6 · This verse (above)
7therefore, look, Adonai is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;