Isaiah

Isaiah 11:8–9

⁸The infant will play by the cobra’s den,

and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

⁹They will neither harm nor destroy

on all My holy mountain,

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD

as the sea is full of water.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The infant	יוֹנֵ֖ק	yō·w·nêq	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3243 suck
will play	וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע	wə·ši·‘ă·ša‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H8173 be smeared over, blinded
by	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the cobra’s	פָּ֑תֶן	pā·ṯen	Noun - masculine singular	H6620 cobra
den	חֻ֣ר	ḥur	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2352 crevice, cell
and the toddler	גָּמ֖וּל	gā·mūl	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
will reach	הָדָֽה׃	hā·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1911 stretch out
into	וְעַל֙	wə·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
the viper’s	צִפְעוֹנִ֔י	ṣip̄·‘ō·w·nî	Noun - masculine singular	H6848 viper, thrusting, hissing
nest	מְאוּרַ֣ת	mə·’ū·raṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3975 light-hole

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They will neither	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
harm	יָרֵ֥עוּ	yā·rê·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
nor	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
destroy	יַשְׁחִ֖יתוּ	yaš·ḥî·ṯū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7843 go to ruin (?)
on all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
My holy	קָדְשִׁ֑י	qāḏ·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
mountain	הַ֣ר	har	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the earth	הָאָ֗רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
will be full	מָלְאָ֣ה	mā·lə·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H4390 be full, fill
of the knowledge	דֵּעָה֙	dê·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H1844 knowledge
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
as the sea	לַיָּ֥ם	lay·yām	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
is full	מְכַסִּֽים׃פ	mə·ḵas·sîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H3680 cover
of water	כַּמַּ֖יִם	kam·ma·yim	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 11:9 Habakkuk 2:14 · Psalm 98:2–3 · Isaiah 52:10 · Micah 4:2–4 · Job 5:23 · Isaiah 60:1–22 · Psalm 72:19 · Revelation 21:27 · Isaiah 59:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.