Isaiah 33:19

“The insolent people you will not see, a people of speech too deep to understand, of a stammering tongue without understanding.”

Isaiah 33:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 33:19, word by word

The insolentנוֹעָזnoaz

fierce, insolent

Fierce, insolent: bold and stubborn.

Where else “noaz” appears
peopleעַםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
seeתִרְאֶהtire

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “tire” appears
of speech too deepעִמְקֵיimke

obscure

Hard to understand: strange speech.

Where else “imke” appears
of speech too deepשָׂפָהsafa

language

The tongue proper to a people, the language it speaks.

Where else “safa” appears
to understandשְּׁמוֹעַshemoa

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shemoa” appears
of a stammeringנִלְעַגnilag

stammer

To speak in a tongue so strange that no one understands it.

Where else “nilag” appears
tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon

tongue

The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.

Where else “lashon” appears
understandingבִּינָהbina

understanding

Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.

Where else “bina” appears

The context

18Your heart will meditate on the terror: “Where is the one who counted? Where is the one who weighed? Where is the one who counted the towers?”

19 · This verse (above)

20Gaze on Zion, the town of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, and none of its cords will be broken.

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