What Does Isaiah 7:10 Mean?

And the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

Isaiah 7:10 · SDV

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Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

THE KEY

The Hebrew word behind “again” means “add,” so the LORD’s next speech is another utterance added to what came before.

THE MEANING

You encounter speech that continues: what has already been said does not exhaust the speaking. The next utterance is added and directed to a particular person by name.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

This undoes the belief that a prior word must be the final word: here, the LORD adds speech.

THE ROOT

וַיּוֹסֶף

wayyoseph

GROWS FROM

יסף

⁨יסף⁩ (yasaph): add, increase, continue

“spoke again” in this verse is wayyoseph. The Hebrew phrase holds both senses together: to speak again is to add speech. What English renders as repetition also carries the sense of a new utterance added to what came before.

ALSO GROWS

vattosef: she added; again

וַתֹּסֶף

In Genesis 4:2, this same root describes another birth, showing how “again” can carry the sense of an additional event.

yosif: he adds; increases

יוֹסִיף

Ecclesiastes 1:18 uses this form for increasing knowledge, showing the root’s sense of something accumulating.

THE PATTERN

Scripture can mark what happens again as an addition to what came before, continuing the action with new content.

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd of sheep, but Cain was one who served the ground.

Genesis 4:2 · SDVThe Hebrew ⁨וַתֹּסֶף⁩ (vattosef, “she added”) comes from ⁨יסף⁩ (yasaph, “add”): the next birth is voiced as an addition.

The LORD spoke to me again, saying,

Isaiah 8:5 · SDVThe LORD’s speech continues in the same pattern: another utterance is added.

And again he sent another servant, and they beat him also, and shamed him, and sent him away empty.

Luke 20:11 · SDVThe Greek ⁨προσέθετο⁩ (prosetheto, “he added”) frames the next sending as an added act, carrying the sequence forward.

THE THREAD

The LORD spoke to me again, saying,

Isaiah 8:5 · SDV

Isaiah 8:5 uses the same Hebrew form ⁨וַיֹּסֶף⁩ (wayyoseph, “he added”) before another utterance. The shared root makes the hidden sense clear: speech that comes again is speech added to what came before.

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