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Messianic Texts in the Prophets: Isaiah 53:2 (8th c. BC)
A Tender Shoot יּוֹנֵ֜ק (yōnēq)
A Root Out of Parched Ground
שֹּׁ֨רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה (shōresh mē⁾eretz tziyya)
“For He grew up before Him like
a tender shoot,
and like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
that we should look upon Him,
nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him”
(Isa. 53:2).
a tender shoot,
and like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
that we should look upon Him,
nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him”
(Isa. 53:2).
וַיַּ֨עַל כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֨רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה לֹא־תֹ֥אַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א הָדָ֑ר וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶ֖ה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃
“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit” (Isa. 11:1).
“Just as many were astonished at you, My people, so His appearance was marred more than any man and His form more than the sons of men” (Isa. 52:14).
(Isa. 11:1 (BHS וְיָצָ֥א חֹ֖טֶר מִגֵּ֣זַע יִשָׁ֑י וְנֵ֖צֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו יִפְרֶֽה׃
Isa. 52.14 כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁמְמ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ רַבִּ֔ים כֵּן־מִשְׁחַ֥ת מֵאִ֖ישׁ מַרְאֵ֑הוּ וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
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