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Isaiah

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The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The entire the whole, all Noun H3605 הַכֹּ֗ל hak·kol
vision vision, conspicuousness Noun H2380 חָז֣וּת cha·zut
will be to you like the words speech, word Noun H1697 כְּדִבְרֵי֮ ke·div·rei
of a sealed to seal, affix a seal, seal up Verb H2856 הֶֽחָתוּם֒ he·cha·tum
book, a missive, document, writing, book Noun H5612 הַסֵּ֣פֶר has·se·fer
which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶֽׁר־ a·sher-
when they give to give, put, set Verb H5414 יִתְּנ֣וּ yit·te·nu
it to the one who is literate, to know Verb H3045 יֹודֵ֥עַ yo·v·de·a'
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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saying, to utter, say Verb H559 לֵאמֹ֖ר le·mor
"Please I (we) pray, now Interjection H4994 נָא־ na-
read to call, proclaim, read Verb H7121 קְרָ֣א ke·ra
this," this, here Pronoun H2088 זֶ֑ה zeh;
he will say, to utter, say Verb H559 וְאָמַר֙ ve·'a·mar
"I cannot, to be able, have power Verb H3201 אוּכַ֔ל u·chal,
for it is sealed." to seal, affix a seal, seal up Verb H2856 חָת֖וּם cha·tum

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New American Standard Bible 1995 The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
King James Bible The entire And the vision will be to of all is become unto you like as the words of a sealed book, book that is sealed, which when they give it men deliver to the one who that is literate, learned, saying, "Please read this," Read this, I pray thee: and he will say, "I cannot, saith, I cannot; for it is sealed."sealed:
Hebrew Greek English The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."