Isaiah 7:8
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.”
חָתַת
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
רֹאשׁ
is the head of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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רְצִין
Rezin
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רְצִין
Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite
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שָׁנֶה
years
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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דַּמֶּשֶׂק
Damascus
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דַּמֶּשֶׂק
Damascus, a city of Syria
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שִׁשִּׁים
sixty
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שִׁשִּׁים
sixty
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