Isaiah 8:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶקְרַב֙ אֶל־הַנְּבִיאָ֔ה וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃

Transliteration

wā-ʾeqrab to-ha-nəbîʾāh wa-tahar wa-tēled bēn wa-yōʾmer YHWH to-me qərāʾ šəmô mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz

Grammar Details

*wā-ʾeqrab*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I approached/went near to
*ha-nəbîʾāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the prophetess
*wa-tahar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she conceived
*wa-tēled*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she bore
*bēn*: noun masculine singular - son
*wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*qərāʾ*: qal imperative masculine singular - call/name
*šəmô*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
*mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz*: phrase meaning 'quick to plunder, swift to spoil' - symbolic name

Word Meanings

*nəbîʾāh*: prophetess/female prophet
*ʾeqrab*: I approached/I went near to/I came close to

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Referenced Verses

Judg 4:4 : 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.
Isa 7:13-14 : 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Hos 1:3-9 : 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [Jehovah] said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God].

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