%0 Journal Article
%T Exegetical checkmate ¨C Isaiah 4:2a: person or plant?
%A Hennie Kruger
%J Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif
%D 2012
%I Stellenbosch University
%R 10.5952/52-3-52
%X Traditionally interpreters have understood the phrase HWHY JMIX, in Isaiah 4:2a as an indication of a messianic figure and translated it as ˇ°Shoot of the Lordˇ±. To highlight this meaning the word concerned was written with a capital letter. Presently however, in stead of translating the expression with reference to a person, and particularly a messianic figure, several scholars prefer to interpret the phrase as a portrayal of luxuriant vegetation. The study reconsiders the case in terms of some aspects of inner- and inter-textual exegesis.
%K Messiah
%K Plant imagery
%K Inner- and inter-textual exposition
%K Text and context
%U http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/52