Isaiah 11:8

“And the nursing child will play over the hole of the viper, and over the den of the cobra the weaned child will stretch out his hand.”

Isaiah 11:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah paints the wolf with the lamb, led by a little boyHope

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Isaiah 11:8, word by word

And the nursing childיוֹנֵקyonek

suck

For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.

Where else “yonek” appears
will playשִׁעֲשַׁעshiasha

delight

To take joy; be cuddled like a child.

Where else “shiasha” appears
over the holeחֻרchur

hole

A hole: a snake's hole, or a prison cell.

Where else “chur” appears
of the viperפָּתֶןpaten

cobra, asp

A viper, a poisonous snake.

Where else “paten” appears
and over the denמְאוּרַתmeurat

den (of a snake)

A hole, the den of a snake.

Where else “meurat” appears
of the cobraצִפְעוֹנִיtsifoni

viper

A viper, a poisonous snake.

Where else “tsifoni” appears
the weaned childגָּמוּלgamul

wean

To stop nursing a child.

Where else “gamul” appears
will stretch outהָדָהhada

stretch out (the hand)

To stretch out the hand.

Where else “hada” appears
his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears

The context

7And the cow and the bear will graze; their young will lie down together; and the lion, like the ox, will eat straw.

8 · This verse (above)

9They will not do harm or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of YHWH as the waters cover the sea.

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