Isaiah 29:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר

Transliteration

And-nittan ha-sēp̱er upon who not-yādaʿ sēp̱er to-say qĕrā please-this and-ʾāmar not yādaʿtî sēp̱er

Grammar Details

*wĕ-nittan*: conjunction waw + verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and is given
*ha-sēp̱er*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the book/scroll
*ʿal*: preposition - to/upon
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*lōʾ-yādaʿ*: negative particle + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - does not know
*sēp̱er*: noun, masculine singular - book/writing
*lēʾmōr*: preposition lamed + verb, qal infinitive construct - saying
*qĕrā*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - read
*nāʾ-zeh*: particle nā + demonstrative pronoun - please this
*wĕ-ʾāmar*: conjunction waw + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he says
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yādaʿtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know

Word Meanings

*nittan*: is given/delivered/handed over
*sēp̱er*: book/scroll/document/writing
*yādaʿ*: knows/understands/is familiar with
*yādaʿtî*: I know/understand/am familiar with

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 7:15-16 : 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Isa 28:12-13 : 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Jer 5:4 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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