Isaiah 11:8
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
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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.
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.
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11 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע | ve.shi.'a.Sha' | and he will play | H8173 → |
| יוֹנֵ֖ק | yo.Nek | a suckling-child | H3243 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| חֻ֣ר | chur | [the] hole of | H2352 → |
| פָּ֑תֶן | Pa.ten | a cobra | H6620 → |
| וְעַל֙ | ve.'Al | and over | H5921 → |
| מְאוּרַ֣ת | me.'u.Rat | [the] nest of | H3975 → |
| צִפְעוֹנִ֔י | tzif.'o.Ni | a viper | H6848 → |
| גָּמ֖וּל | ga.Mul | a weaned [child] | H1580 → |
| יָד֥וֹ | ya.Do | hand his | H3027 → |
| הָדָֽה׃ | ha.Dah | he will put out | H1911 → |
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