Isaiah 56:9

“All the animals of the field, come to eat, all the animals in the forest.”

Isaiah 56:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 56:9, word by word

the animalsחַיְתוֹchayto

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

Where else “chayto” appears
of the fieldשָׂדָיsaday

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “saday” appears
comeאֵתָיוּetayu

come

To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.

Where else “etayu” appears
to eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears
in the forestיָּעַרyaar

forest

Land covered with trees, where many grow together.

Where else “yaar” appears

The context

8Declares Adonai YHWH, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather others to him, besides his gathered ones.”

9 · This verse (above)

10His 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.

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