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