Isaiah 11:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע יוֹנֵ֖ק עַל־חֻ֣ר פָּ֑תֶן וְעַל֙ מְאוּרַ֣ת צִפְעוֹנִ֔י גָּמ֖וּל יָד֥וֹ הָדָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ši'ăša' yônēq 'al-ḥur pāten wə-'al mə'ûrat ṣip'ônî gāmûl yādô hādâ

Grammar Details

*wə-ši'ăša'*: conjunction + Pilpel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will play/delight
*yônēq*: Qal participle, masculine singular - nursing/sucking
*'al*: preposition - over/upon/near
*ḥur*: masculine singular construct - hole of
*pāten*: masculine singular noun - cobra/asp
*wə-'al*: conjunction + preposition - and over/upon
*mə'ûrat*: feminine singular construct - den/lair of
*ṣip'ônî*: masculine singular noun - viper/adder
*gāmûl*: Qal passive participle, masculine singular - weaned child
*yādô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
*hādâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will put/stretch out

Word Meanings

*ši'ăša'*: play/delight/amuse oneself
*yônēq*: nursing child/infant/suckling
*ḥur*: hole/den/cave
*pāten*: cobra/asp/venomous snake
*mə'ûrat*: den/lair/hole
*ṣip'ônî*: viper/adder/poisonous snake
*gāmûl*: weaned child
*hādâ*: put/stretch out/extend

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Isa 59:5 : 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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