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“Go Out to Meet Ahaz”: A Hebrew Mission in Isaiah 7:3
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ צֵא־נָא֙ לִקְרַ֣את אָחָ֔ז אַתָּ֕ה וּשְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בְּנֶ֑ךָ אֶל־קְצֵ֗ה תְּעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיֹונָ֔ה אֶל־מְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כֹובֵֽס׃
(Isaiah 7:3)
Literal English Translation
And YHWH said to Yeshayahu, “Go out now to meet Aḥaz—you and Sheʾar Yashuv your son—at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, at the highway of the launderer’s field.”
Word-by-Word Explanation
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר – “And He said”Verb, from אָמַר (“to say”), 3rd person masculine singular. The וַ prefix signals narrative past: “And He said.”
יְהוָה – “YHWH”Divine name.… Learn Hebrew
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