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And the bookוְ הַסֵּפֶרis givenנִתַּןto one whoעַל אֲשֶׁרdoes notלֹאknowיָדַעletters,סֵפֶרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Readקְרָאpleaseנָאthis,”זֶהand he says,וְאָמַר“I do notלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיletters.”סֵפֶר
Isaiah 29:12
Study it in the app“And the book is given to one who does not know letters, saying, “Read please this,” and he says, “I do not know letters.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 29:12, word by word
- And the bookסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- is givenנִתַּןnitan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitan” appears- knowיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” 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
The context
11And 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.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And Adonai said: “Because this people draws near with its mouth, and with its lips they honor me, but its heart it has removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote,