{
"verseID": "Isaiah.21.9",
"source": "וְהִנֵּה־זֶ֥ה בָא֙ רֶ֣כֶב אִ֔ישׁ צֶ֖מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָפְלָ֤ה נָֽפְלָה֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ שִׁבַּ֥ר לָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "And behold-this *bā'* *rekeb* *'îš* *ṣemed* *pārāšîm* and *ya'an* and *yō'mer* *nāplāh* *nāplāh* *bābel* and all-*pəsîlê* her *'elōheyā* *šibbar* to *'āreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*bā'*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - coming",
"*rekeb*": "noun, masculine singular construct - chariot/rider of",
"*'îš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*ṣemed*": "noun, masculine singular construct - pair of",
"*pārāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - horsemen",
"*ya'an*": "verb, qal imperfect with vav consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he answered",
"*yō'mer*": "verb, qal imperfect with vav consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*nāplāh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she has fallen",
"*nāplāh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she has fallen (repeated)",
"*bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*pəsîlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - graven images of",
"*'elōheyā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her gods",
"*šibbar*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has shattered",
"*'āreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with prefix lamed - to the ground"
},
"variants": {
"*rekeb 'îš*": "chariot with men/chariot of a man",
"*nāplāh nāplāh*": "fallen, fallen (emphatic repetition)",
"*šibbar lā'āreṣ*": "shattered to the ground/broken to the earth"
}
}