Isaiah 11 — Rabbi

Isaiah 11:1

וְיָצָ֥א

yâtsâʼ

and — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. חֹ֖טֶר

chôṭêr

a twig מִגֵּ֣זַע

gezaʻ

from — the trunk or stump of a tree (as felled or as planted) יִשָׁ֑י

Yishay

Jishai, David's father וְנֵ֖צֶר

nêtser

and — a shoot; figuratively, a descendant מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו

sheresh

from — a root (literally or figuratively) יִפְרֶֽה

pârâh

to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)

Isaiah 11:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Then a

Narrator's Aside

This "branch" word (netser) is honestly a different Hebrew root from 4:2's "Yahweh's branch" (tsemach), not the same recurring term - but th…Shoot

Narrator's Aside

This "branch" word (netser) is honestly a different Hebrew root from 4:2's "Yahweh's branch" (tsemach), not the same recurring term - but th… (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David’s father],

Narrator's Aside

This "branch" word (netser) is honestly a different Hebrew root from 4:2's "Yahweh's branch" (tsemach), not the same recurring term - but th… And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. [Is 4:2; Matt 2:23; Rev 5:5; 22:16]

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

Matthew 2:23 reads Jesus's hometown, Nazareth, as a quiet fulfillment of this same "branch" (netser) wordplay - "he will be called a Nazarene."

Isaiah 11:1 · WEB

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

Matthew 2:23 · WEB

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Then a Shoot (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David’s father], And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. [Is 4:2; Matt 2:23; Rev 5:5; 22:16]”

Isaiah 11:1

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