ISAIAH 7:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.”

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Isaiah 7:2 Translation & Meaning

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And it was told וַיֻּגַּ֗ד Properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise told
the house לְבֵ֤ית A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
of David, דָּוִד֙ David, the youngest son of Jesse David
saying, לֵאמֹ֔ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
Syria אֲרָ֖ם Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite Syria
is confederate נָ֥חָֽה To rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.) confederate
with עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications with
Ephraim. אֶפְרָ֑יִם Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory Ephraim
And his heart לְבָבוֹ֙ The heart (as the most interior organ) heart
was moved, וַיָּ֤נַע To waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined) moved
and the heart וּלְבַ֣ב The heart (as the most interior organ) heart
of his people, עַמּ֔וֹ A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
as the trees עֲצֵי A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) trees
of the wood יַ֖עַר A copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) wood
are moved כְּנ֥וֹעַ To waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined) are moved
with מִפְּנֵי The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) with
the wind. רֽוּחַ׃ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) wind

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  • 1  And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

  • 2  And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

  • 3  Then said the Lord 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;

  • 4  And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.




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