Maher-shalal-hash-baz — Bible person

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isa. 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (2)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: ISA 8:1

OET-RV ISA 8:1

8 Then Yahweh told me, “Get yourself a large, stone tablet and inscribe the name ‘Maher -Shalal -Hash-Baz’ (which means ‘Quickly plunder and grab the loot’) on it,

OET-LV ISA 8:1

8 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me take to/for_yourself(m) a _tablet large and_write on/upon/above_him/it with_a _stylus _of a _person (to)_Mahēr- shālāl- ḩāsh Mahēr-.

Show passage in OET: ISA 8:3

OET-RV ISA 8:3

3 Then I slept with my wife, the prophetess, and she got pregnant and in due course, gave birth to a son. Yahweh told me, “Name him Maher -Shalal -Hash -Baz,

OET-LV ISA 8:3

3 And_I _drew _near to the_prophetess and_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_she/it _gave _birth a _son and_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me call his/its_name Mahēr- Shālāl- Ḩāsh Baz.

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