The Meaning of Isaiah 29:12 Explained

Isaiah 29:12

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

YLT: And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'

Darby: And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 29:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 29

1  God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
7  The insatiableness of her enemies
9  The senselessness
13  And deep hypocrisy of the people
17  A promise of sanctification to the godly

What do the individual words in Isaiah 29:12 mean?

And is delivered the book to one who not is illiterate the book saying Read please this and he says not I am literate the book -
וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־ יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־ זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר ס

וְנִתַּ֣ן  And  is  delivered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
הַסֵּ֗פֶר  the  book 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
אֲשֶׁ֨ר  one  who 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יָדַ֥ע  is  illiterate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
סֵ֛פֶר  the  book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
לֵאמֹ֖ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
קְרָ֣א  Read 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
נָא־  please 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
זֶ֑ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
וְאָמַ֕ר  and  he  says 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יָדַ֖עְתִּי  I  am  literate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
סֵֽפֶר  the  book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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