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His watchmenצֹפָיוare blind,עִוְרִיםall of them;כֻּלָּםthey do notלֹאknow;יָדָעוּall of themכֻּלָּםare muteאִלְּמִיםdogs,כְּלָבִיםthey cannotלֹא יוּכְלוּbark;לִנְבֹּחַdreaming,הֹזִיםlying down,שֹׁכְבִיםloversאֹהֲבֵיof slumber.לָנוּם
Isaiah 56:10
Study it in the app“His watchmen are blind, all of them; they do not know; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, lovers of slumber.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 56:10, word by word
- His watchmenצֹפָיtsofay
watchman
One who stands guard on the wall.
Where else “tsofay” appears- are blindעִוְרִיםivrim
spiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “ivrim” appears- knowיָדָעוּyadau
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadau” appears- are muteאִלְּמִיםilmim
mute
Mute.
Where else “ilmim” appears- dogsכְּלָבִיםkelavim
despicable
An insult: someone despicable.
Where else “kelavim” appears- they cannotיוּכְלוּyuchlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchlu” appears- barkנְבֹּחַneboach
bark
To bark, as a dog.
Where else “neboach” appears- dreamingהֹזִיםhozim
dream, rave
To dream, to babble half asleep.
Where else “hozim” appears- lying downשֹׁכְבִיםshochvim
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shochvim” appears- loversאֹהֲבֵיohave
like
To like something.
Where else “ohave” appears- of slumberנוּםnum
slumber
To slumber, to doze off from weariness.
Where else “num” appears
The context
9All the animals of the field, come to eat, all the animals in the forest.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the dogs are strong of appetite, they do not know satisfaction; and they are shepherds who do not know how to understand; all of them have turned to their own way, each to his gain, without exception.