4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 8:4:1 ⧉כִּ֗יkifor Isaiah 8:4:2 ⧉בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙beterembefore Isaiah 8:4:3 ⧉יֵדַ֣עyedahe knows Isaiah 8:4:4 ⧉הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarthe boy Isaiah 8:4:5 ⧉קְרֹ֖אkeroto call out Isaiah 8:4:6 ⧉אָבִ֣יavimy father Isaiah 8:4:7 ⧉וְאִמִּ֑יveimmiand my mother Isaiah 8:4:8 ⧉יִשָּׂ֣אyissahe will carry away Isaiah 8:4:9 ⧉אֶת־חֵ֣ילetkheilthe wealth of Isaiah 8:4:10 ⧉דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂקdammesekDamascus Isaiah 8:4:11 ⧉וְאֵ֙תveetand Isaiah 8:4:12 ⧉שְׁלַ֣לshelalthe spoil of Isaiah 8:4:13 ⧉שֹׁמְר֔וֹןshomreonSamaria Isaiah 8:4:14 ⧉לִפְנֵ֖יlifnebefore Isaiah 8:4:15 ⧉מֶ֥לֶךְ־אַשּֽׁוּר׃סmelekhashurthe king of Assyria |
4. Formal Translation For before the boy learns to say “my father” and “my mother”, the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria. |
4. Dynamic Translation Before this child can call out “my father” or “my mother”, the plunder of Samaria and the wealth of Damascus will be carried off by the king of Assyria. |