And the wordוְ דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהwill beהָיָהto themלָהֶםcommandצַוupon command,לָצָוcommandצַוupon command,לָצָוlineקַוupon line,לָקָוlineקַוupon line,לָקָוa littleזְעֵירhere,שָׁםa littleזְעֵירthere,שָׁםso thatלְמַעַןthey will goיֵלְכוּand stumbleוְכָשְׁלוּbackward,אָחוֹרand be broken,וְנִשְׁבָּרוּand be snared,וְנוֹקְשׁוּand be captured.וְנִלְכָּדוּ
Isaiah 28:13
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH will be to them command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there, so that they will go and stumble backward, and be broken, and be snared, and be captured.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:13, word by word
- And the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- 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- they will goיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- and stumbleכָשְׁלוּchashlu
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “chashlu” appears- backwardאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- and be brokenנִשְׁבָּרוּnishbaru
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbaru” appears- and be snaredנוֹקְשׁוּnokshu
be snared
Be snared: be caught like an animal in a snare; also to lay a snare.
Where else “nokshu” appears- and be capturedנִלְכָּדוּnilkadu
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkadu” appears
The context
12to whom he said, “This is the rest; give rest to the weary; and this is the repose.” But they were not willing to hear.
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore hear the word of YHWH, you men of scoffing, rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.