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Adonaiאֲדֹנָיsentשָׁלַחa wordדָּבָרagainst Jacob,בְּיַעֲקֹבand it fellוְנָפַלon Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Isaiah 9:8
Study it in the app“Adonai sent a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 9:8, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- sentשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- against Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and it fellנָפַלnafal
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafal” appears- on Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
7Of the increase of the dominion and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from now and forever. The zeal of YHWH Tsevaot will do this.
8 · This verse (above)
9and the people knew it, all of them, Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, in arrogance and in greatness of heart, saying,