The Meaning of Isaiah 19:24 Explained

Isaiah 19:24

KJV: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

YLT: In that day is Israel third, After Egypt, and after Asshur, A blessing in the heart of the earth.

Darby: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;

ASV: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In that day  shall Israel  be the third  with Egypt  and with Assyria,  [even] a blessing  in the midst  of the land: 

What does Isaiah 19:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 19

1  The confusion of Egypt
11  The foolishness of their princes
18  The calling of Egypt into the church
23  The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel

What do the individual words in Isaiah 19:24 mean?

In day that will be Israel third with Egypt and Assyria a blessing in the midst of the land
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִהְיֶ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שְׁלִ֣ישִׁיָּ֔ה לְמִצְרַ֖יִם וּלְאַשּׁ֑וּר בְּרָכָ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ

בַּיּ֣וֹם  In  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֗וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
יִהְיֶ֤ה  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שְׁלִ֣ישִׁיָּ֔ה  third 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: שְׁלִישִׁי 
Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
לְמִצְרַ֖יִם  with  Egypt 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
וּלְאַשּׁ֑וּר  and  Assyria 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
בְּרָכָ֖ה  a  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
בְּקֶ֥רֶב  in  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.
הָאָֽרֶץ  of  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.