And the visionוַ חָזוּתof all thisהַכֹּלhas becomeתְּהִיfor youלָכֶםlike the wordsכְּדִבְרֵיof a bookהַסֵּפֶרthat is sealed,הֶחָתוּםwhichאֲשֶׁרthey giveיִתְּנוּ אֹתוֹto one who knowsאֶל יוֹדֵעַletters,סֵפֶרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Readקְרָאpleaseנָאthis,”זֶהand he says,וְאָמַר“I cannot,לֹא אוּכַלforכִּיit is sealed.”חָתוּם הוּא
Isaiah 29:11
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chatum” appears- they giveיִתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- 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.
Where else “uchal” appears
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.”