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They will notלֹאdo harmיָרֵעוּorוְלֹאdestroyיַשְׁחִיתוּin allבְּכָלmy holyקָדְשִׁיmountain;הַרforכִּיthe earthהָאָרֶץwill be fullמָלְאָהof the knowledgeדֵּעָהof YHWHאֶת יְהוָהas the watersכַּמַּיִםcoverמְכַסִּיםthe sea.לַיָּם
Isaiah 11:9
Study it in the app“They 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.”
Isaiah paints the wolf with the lamb, led by a little boyHope
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 11:9, word by word
- do harmיָרֵעוּyareu
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “yareu” appears- destroyיַשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “yashchitu” appears- my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- will be fullמָלְאָהmala
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mala” appears- of the knowledgeדֵּעָהdea
knowledge
Knowledge, understanding. Of the same family as "know."
Where else “dea” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- as the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- coverמְכַסִּיםmechasim
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “mechasim” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
The context
8And 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And it will happen on that day that the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner for the peoples, the nations will seek him, and his resting place will be glory.