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mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז ‘Maher-shalal-hash-baz’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from mahēr מַהֵר ‘quick / quickly’ and šālāl שָׁלָל ‘spoil’ and ḥūš חוּשׁ ‘to hasten / to enjoy’ and baz בַּז ‘plunder’
Roots: מהר שׁלל חושׁ

mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz pr n m pers
Mahershalalhashbaz = Maher-shalal-hash-baz "swift is booty, speedy is prey"
1) symbolic name given by Isaiah by the Lord's direction to Isaiah's son; prophetic indication that Damascus and Samaria were soon to be plundered by the king of Assyria

Mentioned in Isaiah 8:1, 8:3

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