Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 8:3
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Isaiah8:3
3 And I went unto the prophetess , and she conceived and bare a son: then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hashbaz.
Heb. I came near to her. A modest Expression of the Conjugal Act.
So called, partly as she was the Prophets Wife, Wives being frequently denominated from their Husbands Titles, as the Wives of Mayor or Doctor, &c. are commonly called Mayoress, Doctoress, &c. and partly because she did concur with the Prophet to the Procreation of this Prophetical Child.
Marginal references: Heb. approached unto.
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