{
"verseID": "Isaiah.34.16",
"source": "דִּרְשׁ֨וּ מֵֽעַל־סֵ֤פֶר יְהוָה֙ וּֽקְרָ֔אוּ אַחַ֤ת מֵהֵ֙נָּה֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔רָה אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ לֹ֣א פָקָ֑דוּ כִּֽי־פִי֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔ה וְרוּח֖וֹ ה֥וּא קִבְּצָֽן׃",
"text": "*diršû* *mēʿal*-*sēper* *yhwh* *ûqĕrāʾû* *ʾaḥat* *mēhēnnâ* *lōʾ* *neʿdārâ* *ʾiššâ* *rĕʿûtāh* *lōʾ* *pāqādû* *kî*-*pî* *hûʾ* *ṣiwwâ* *wĕrûḥô* *hûʾ* *qibbĕṣān*",
"grammar": {
"*diršû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - seek",
"*mēʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from upon",
"*sēper*": "masculine singular construct - book of",
"*yhwh*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*ûqĕrāʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and read",
"*ʾaḥat*": "feminine singular numeral - one",
"*mēhēnnâ*": "preposition + 3rd feminine plural pronoun - from these",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*neʿdārâ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is missing",
"*ʾiššâ*": "feminine singular noun - woman/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her companion",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*pāqādû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they missed",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*pî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my mouth",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd masculine singular pronoun - he/it",
"*ṣiwwâ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has commanded",
"*wĕrûḥô*": "conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his spirit/breath",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd masculine singular pronoun - he/it",
"*qibbĕṣān*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine plural suffix - he has gathered them"
},
"variants": {
"*diršû*": "seek/search/inquire",
"*sēper*": "book/scroll/document",
"*qĕrāʾû*": "read/proclaim/call out",
"*ʾaḥat*": "one/a single one",
"*neʿdārâ*": "is missing/is lacking/is absent",
"*ʾiššâ*": "woman/each one/each",
"*rĕʿûtāh*": "her companion/her mate/her partner",
"*pāqādû*": "they missed/they lacked/they were without",
"*pî*": "my mouth/his mouth",
"*ṣiwwâ*": "has commanded/has ordered",
"*rûḥô*": "his spirit/his breath/his wind",
"*qibbĕṣān*": "has gathered them/has collected them/has assembled them"
}
}