| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 18:2:1 ⧉הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַhasholeakhthe one sending Isaiah 18:2:2 ⧉בַּיָּ֜םbayamin the sea Isaiah 18:2:3 ⧉צִירִ֗יםtsirimenvoys or ambassadors Isaiah 18:2:4 ⧉וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮uvikhlegomeand in vessels of papyrus Isaiah 18:2:5 ⧉עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒alpenemayimupon the face of waters Isaiah 18:2:6 ⧉לְכ֣וּlekhugo Isaiah 18:2:7 ⧉מַלְאָכִ֣יםmalakhimmessengers Isaiah 18:2:8 ⧉קַלִּ֗יםkalimswift Isaiah 18:2:9 ⧉אֶל־גּוֹי֙elgoyto a nation Isaiah 18:2:10 ⧉מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְmemushakhdrawn out or tall Isaiah 18:2:11 ⧉וּמוֹרָ֔טumoratand smoothed or polished Isaiah 18:2:12 ⧉אֶל־עַ֥םelamto a people Isaiah 18:2:13 ⧉נוֹרָ֖אnorafeared Isaiah 18:2:14 ⧉מִן־ה֣וּאminhufrom it Isaiah 18:2:15 ⧉וָהָ֑לְאָהvahaleaand onward or beyond Isaiah 18:2:16 ⧉גּ֚וֹיgoya nation Isaiah 18:2:17 ⧉קַו־קָ֣וkavkavline upon line Isaiah 18:2:18 ⧉וּמְבוּסָ֔הumevusaand trampled Isaiah 18:2:19 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּasherbazeuwhich they plundered or despised Isaiah 18:2:20 ⧉נְהָרִ֖יםneharimrivers Isaiah 18:2:21 ⧉אַרְצֽוֹ׃artsohis land or its land |
| 2. Formal Translation Which sends envoys by sea and in vessels of papyrus upon the surface of the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation drawn out and peeled, to a people awesome from its beginning onwards, a nation measured line by line and trampled, whose land the rivers divide.” |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Which sends envoys across the sea in papyrus boats over the waters, saying, “Go, quick messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a nation feared near and far, a nation measured and trampled, whose land the rivers divide.” |