Maher-Schalal-Hash-Bas

Maher-Schalal-Hasch-Bas is the name of the second son of the prophet Isaiah , as he is mentioned in Isa 8 : 1-4  EU .

etymology

The name is Hebrew מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז maher schalal chasch bas and consists of four words. The two nouns שָׁלָל schalal “booty” and בַּז bas “robbery” can be interpreted safely . The word חָשׁ chasch is derived from the verb חושׁ chosch “hurry” and is either perfect or participle. However, since the symbolic action associated with the full name points to the future, the conception of the participle “a hurrying person” makes more sense. מַהֵר maher is an imperative and means "hurry!" The nouns can be understood as both subject and object, in the first case the meaning arises "The prey hurries, the looted property hurries", in the second, more likely case, " Hurry to the booty! One rushes to robbery. "

Name variants (German)

• Luther: Robbery fast loot
• Unit: quick loot, quick robbery
• Elberfelder: quick robbery, quick booty
• more: Quick Loot Loot

Isaiah's act of drawing

In Isa 8 : 1-4  EU , YHWH asks Isaiah to write the expression Maher-Schalal-Hasch-Bas on a large blackboard. Isaiah does this, the two priests Uriah and Zechariah serve as witnesses. Only then does Isaiah have a son, to whom he should give this name. The name is interpreted in relation to the Assyrian raids against Damascus and Samaria.

Others

The two-time American Oscar winner Mahershala Ali was named after him by his parents.

Web links

• Christoph Rösel:  Robbery fast hunt. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.