Messianic Texts in the Prophets: Isaiah 53:2 (8th c. BC) A Tender Shoot יּוֹנֵ֜ק A Root Out of Parched Ground שֹּׁ֨רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה

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Messianic Texts in the Prophets: Isaiah 53:2 (8^th 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).

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׃