Isaiah 35:6

“Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will shout for joy; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and torrents in the Arabah.”
Isaiah 35:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Thenאָזthe lameפִּסֵּחַwill leapיְדַלֵּגlike a deer,כָּאַיָּלand the tongueוְ לְשׁוֹןof the muteאִלֵּםwill shout for joy;תָרֹןforכִּיwatersמַיִםwill break outנִבְקְעוּin the wilderness,בַמִּדְבָּרand torrentsוּנְחָלִיםin the Arabah.בָּעֲרָבָה

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“Who could hardly speak” (μογιλάλος) is a very rare word: in the Greek Bible it is found only here and in the Septuagint of Isaiah 35:6, which announces that the mute will sing.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

Words of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the OT (Isaiah 35:6 in the Septuagint numbering; Swete's text, CC BY-SA 4.0):

Isaiah 35:6, word by word

the lameפִּסֵּחַpiseach

lame

Lame.

Where else “piseach” appears

will leapיְדַלֵּגyedaleg

leap

Leap, spring; jump over something.

Where else “yedaleg” appears

like a deerאַיָּלayal

deer, stag

Deer, stag.

Where else “ayal” appears

and the tongueלְשׁוֹןleshon

tongue

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

Where else “leshon” appears

of the muteאִלֵּםilem

mute

Mute.

Where else “ilem” appears

will shout for joyתָרֹןtaron

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

Where else “taron” appears

watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears

will break outנִבְקְעוּnivku

split

To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.

Where else “nivku” appears

in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears

and torrentsנְחָלִיםnechalim

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

Where else “nechalim” appears

in the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava

Arabah

The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.

Where else “arava” appears

The context

5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

6 · This verse (above)

7And the burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the abode of jackals, its lair, grass will become reed and papyrus.

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