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Voices of the Dead or the Living God? A Hebrew Lesson on Isaiah 8:19

וְכִֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֗ם דִּרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָאֹבֹות֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים הַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖ים וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים הֲלֹוא־עַם֙ אֶל־אֱלֹהָ֣יו יִדְרֹ֔שׁ בְּעַ֥ד הַחַיִּ֖ים אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃ (Isaiah 8:19) And when they say to you, “Seek to the mediums and to the spiritists, who chirp and mutter,” should not a people seek to its God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? “It might seem like a lot, but each verb and suffix you master brings you closer to reading Hebrew as it was first spoken.” Word-by-Word Explanation וְכִי־ — “and when.”… Learn Hebrew
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