Isaiah 29:11

“And the vision of all this has become for you like the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one who knows letters, saying, “Read please this,” and he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.””

Isaiah 29:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 29:11, word by word

And the visionחָזוּתchazut

vision

What God lets the prophet see, a revelation.

Where else “chazut” appears
has becomeתְּהִיtehi

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “tehi” appears
like the wordsדִבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “divre” appears
of a bookסֵּפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

Where else “sefer” appears
that is sealedחָתוּםchatum

seal, stop up

Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.

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they giveיִתְּנוּyitnu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to one who knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yodea” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
“Readקְרָאkera

read aloud

To say a written text aloud.

Where else “kera” appears
“I cannotאוּכַלuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

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The context

10For YHWH has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

11 · This verse (above)

12And the book is given to one who does not know letters, saying, “Read please this,” and he says, “I do not know letters.”

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