King James Version

Isaiah 10:19

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

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וּשְׁאָ֥רushearand remnantשְׁאָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and remnant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7605a remainder[idiom] other, remnant, residue, rest.עֵ֛ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.יַעְר֖וֹyarvocombיַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “comb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.מִסְפָּ֣רmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary formH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.יִֽהְי֑וּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.וְנַ֖עַרvenaarand boyנַעַרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).יִכְתְּבֵֽםyikhtevemdescribeכָּתַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “describe”, an unfinished actionH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.

World English Bible

The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.

Darby Translation

And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.

Douay-Rheims

And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they that are left of them shall be a small number, and a child shall write them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ καταλειφθέντες ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀριθμὸς ἔσονται, καὶ παιδίον γράψει αὐτούς.