The Meaning of Isaiah 11:8 Explained

Isaiah 11:8

KJV: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

YLT: And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

Darby: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.

ASV: 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.

Discover Isaiah 11:8

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 11:8?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 11:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 11:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 11:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 11:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 11:1-9 - The Kingdom Of The Messiah
The advance of the Assyrian along the great north road is graphically described. It was marked by raided villages and towns. The night sky was lurid with flames. But his collapse would be as sudden and irretrievable as the felling of forest timber. As the one chapter closes we can almost hear the crash of the Assyrian tree to the ground, and there is no sprout from his roots. But in the next the prophet descries a fair and healthy branch uprising from the trunk of Jesse's line. The vision of the King is then presented, who can be none other than the divine Redeemer on whom rests the sevenfold Spirit of God. The second verse defines the work of the Comforter, and is evidently the model of that royal hymn, Veni Creator Spiritus. But remember that He on whom this divine unction rested longs to share the pentecostal gift with the least of His disciples, 1 John 2:27. Note that as man's sin brought travail and groaning on all creation, so will His redemption deliver it, Romans 8:19-25. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 11

1  The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse
10  The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles

What do the individual words in Isaiah 11:8 mean?

And shall play the nursing child by the hole of cobra and in the den Of viper the weaned child his hand shall put
וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע יוֹנֵ֖ק עַל־ חֻ֣ר פָּ֑תֶן וְעַל֙ מְאוּרַ֣ת צִפְעוֹנִ֔י גָּמ֖וּל יָד֥וֹ הָדָֽה

וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע  And  shall  play 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁעַע 
Sense: to stroke, be smeared over, be blinded.
יוֹנֵ֖ק  the  nursing  child 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָנַק 
Sense: to suckle, nurse, suck.
חֻ֣ר  the  hole 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹר  
Sense: hole, cave.
פָּ֑תֶן  of  cobra 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתֶן  
Sense: a snake, venomous serpent.
וְעַל֙  and  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מְאוּרַ֣ת  the  den 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְאוּרָה  
Sense: light hole, den.
צִפְעוֹנִ֔י  Of  viper 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֶפַע 
Sense: poisonous serpent.
גָּמ֖וּל  the  weaned  child 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: גָּמַל  
Sense: to deal fully with, recompense.
יָד֥וֹ  his  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הָדָֽה  shall  put 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָדָה  
Sense: (Qal) to stretch out (hand).

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