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No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
No not Adverb H3808 וְלֹא־ ve·lo-
one recalls, to turn back, return Verb H7725 יָשִׁ֣יב ya·shiv
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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nor not Adverb H3808 וְלֹ֨א ve·lo
is there knowledge knowledge Noun H1847 דַ֥עַת da·'at
or understanding an understanding Noun H8394 תְבוּנָה֮ te·vu·nah
to say, to utter, say Verb H559 לֵאמֹר֒ le·mor
"I have burned to burn Verb H8313 שָׂרַ֣פְתִּי sa·raf·ti
half half Noun H2677 חֶצְיֹ֞ו chetz·yov
of it in the fire a fire Noun H784 אֵ֗שׁ esh
and also also, yea Conjunction H637 וְ֠אַף ve·'af
have baked to bake Verb H644 אָפִ֤יתִי a·fi·ti
bread bread, food Noun H3899 לֶ֔חֶם le·chem,
over upon, above, over Prepostion H5921 עַל־ al-
its coals. coal Noun H1513 גֶּחָלָיו֙ ge·cha·lav
I roast to roast (flesh) Verb H6740 אֶצְלֶ֥ה etz·leh
meat flesh Noun H1320 בָשָׂ֖ר va·sar
and eat to eat Verb H398 וְאֹכֵ֑ל ve·'o·chel;
[it]. Then I make do, make Verb H6213 אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה e·'e·seh,
the rest remainder, excess, preeminence Noun H3499 וְיִתְרֹו֙ ve·yit·rov
of it into an abomination, abomination Noun H8441 לְתֹועֵבָ֣ה le·to·v·'e·vah
I fall down to prostrate oneself (in worship) Verb H5456 אֶסְגֹּֽוד׃ es·go·vd.
before a block produce, outgrowth Noun H944 לְב֥וּל le·vul
of wood!" tree, trees, wood Noun H6086 עֵ֖ץ etz

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New American Standard Bible 1995 No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!"
King James Bible No one recalls, nor And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge or nor understanding to say, "I I have burned half part of it in the fire and fire; yea, also I have baked bread over its coals. upon the coals thereof; I roast meat have roasted flesh, and eat it. Then eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it into residue thereof an abomination, abomination? shall I fall down before a block to the stock of wood!"a tree?
Hebrew Greek English No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!"