Isaiah 8:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

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 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, 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 college;) 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, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall 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; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the LORD 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 to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 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 God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD 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 Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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