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For it isכִּיcommandצַוupon command,לָצָוcommandצַוupon command,לָצָוlineקַוupon line,לָקָוlineקַוupon line,לָקָוa littleזְעֵירhere,שָׁםa littleזְעֵירthere.”שָׁם
Isaiah 28:10
Study it in the app“For it is command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:10, word by word
- commandצַוtsav
command, precept
A command, an order that is given.
Where else “tsav” appears- lineקַוkav
babble
Repeated syllables that sound like a small child's speech.
Where else “kav” appears- a littleזְעֵירzeer
a little
A little, small.
Where else “zeer” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew it sounds “tsav latsav, tsav latsav, qav laqav, qav laqav,” like a child’s babbling; it can be understood that in this way they mockingly imitate the prophet’s teaching.
The context
9“Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those weaned from milk, those taken from the breasts?
10 · This verse (above)
11For with stammerings of lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people,