Isaiah 7:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Lord said to Isaiah, 'Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub, your son, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ צֵא־נָא֙ לִקְרַ֣את אָחָ֔ז אַתָּ֕ה וּשְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בְּנֶ֑ךָ אֶל־קְצֵ֗ה תְּעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֶל־מְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃

Transliteration

wā-yōʾmer YHWH to-Yəšaʿyāhû, 'ṣēʾ-nāʾ to-liqraʾṯ ʾĀḥāz, you and-šəʾār yāšûḇ son-your, to-end-of təʿālaṯ the-bərēḵāh the-ʿelyônāh, to-məsillaṯ field-of ḵôḇēs.

Grammar Details

• *wā-yōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh
• *Yəšaʿyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Isaiah
• *ṣēʾ*: imperative, masculine singular - go out/go forth
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *liqraʾṯ*: preposition with infinitive construct - to meet
• *ʾĀḥāz*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahaz
• *šəʾār yāšûḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular (name of Isaiah's son) - Shear-jashub (means 'a remnant shall return')
• *təʿālaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - conduit/water channel of
• *bərēḵāh*: noun, feminine singular - pool
• *ʿelyônāh*: adjective, feminine singular - upper
• *məsillaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - highway/road of
• *ḵôḇēs*: participle, masculine singular - fuller/launderer

Word Meanings

• *wā-yōʾmer*: and he said/and he spoke/and he commanded
• *ṣēʾ*: go out/go forth/exit
• *nāʾ*: please/now (particle of entreaty)
• *liqraʾṯ*: to meet/to encounter
• *təʿālaṯ*: conduit/water channel/aqueduct
• *bərēḵāh*: pool/reservoir
• *ʿelyônāh*: upper/higher
• *məsillaṯ*: highway/road/path
• *ḵôḇēs*: fuller/launderer/cleaner of cloth

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said the LORD unto iah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then the LORD said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the fuller's field;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde God vnto Esay: go mete Ahas (thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub) at the heade of ye ouer pole, in the fote path by the fullers grounde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then sayde the Lorde vnto Isaiah, Goe foorth nowe to meete Ahaz (thou and Sheariashub thy sonne) at the ende of the conduit of the vpper poole, in the path of the fullers fielde,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayd God vnto Esai: Go meete Ahaz thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub, at the head of the ouer poole in the footepath by the fullers grounde,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto Isaiah, `Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-Jashub thy son, unto the end of the conduit of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller's field,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the Lord said to Isaiah, Go out now, you and Shear-jashub, your son, and you will come across Ahaz at the end of the stream flowing from the higher pool, in the highway of the washerman's field;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the LORD told Isaiah,“Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:17 : 17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.
• Isa 36:2 : 2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the launderer’s field.
• Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet a tenth will remain in the land, and it will once again be ravaged. Like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled, the holy seed is its stump.
• Rom 9:27 : 27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'
• Exod 7:15 : 15 "Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the water. Wait to meet him by the riverbank, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.
• Isa 10:21 : 21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.
• 2 Kgs 20:20 : 20 The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, including all his achievements—how he made the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 19:2-3 : 2 Go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and there proclaim the words I tell you. 3 Say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring disaster on this place that will make the ears of anyone who hears of it tingle.
• Jer 22:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.