Isaiah 7:20
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.”
סָפָה
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
נָהָר
of the River
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נָהָר
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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גָּלַח
he will shave
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גָּלַח
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
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