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Butterחֶמְאָהand honeyוּדְבַשׁhe will eatיֹאכֵלwhen he knows howלְדַעְתּוֹto rejectמָאוֹסevilבָּרָעand chooseוּבָחוֹרgood.בַּטּוֹב
Isaiah 7:15
Study it in the app“Butter and honey he will eat when he knows how to reject evil and choose good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 7:15, word by word
- Butterחֶמְאָהchema
curds, butter
Curds or butter: curdled milk.
Where else “chema” appears- and honeyדְבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- he will eatיֹאכֵלyochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochel” appears- when he knows howדַעְתּdat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “dat” appears- to rejectמָאוֹסmaos
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maos” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- and chooseבָחוֹרvachor
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “vachor” appears- goodטּוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
14Therefore Adonai himself will give you a sign: Look, the young woman is pregnant, and will bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.
15 · This verse (above)
16For before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the ground will be abandoned whose two kings you dread.