Verse 7

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.40.7", "source": "יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יְהוָ֖ה נָ֣שְׁבָה בּ֑וֹ אָכֵ֥ן חָצִ֖יר הָעָֽם׃", "text": "*yābēš ḥāṣîr nābēl ṣîṣ kî rûaḥ YHWH nāšěbāh bô ʾākēn ḥāṣîr hāʿām*", "grammar": { "*yābēš*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'dries up'", "*ḥāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - 'grass'", "*nābēl*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'withers'", "*ṣîṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - 'flower'", "*kî*": "conjunction - 'because/when'", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - 'breath/wind of'", "*YHWH*": "divine name - 'LORD'", "*nāšěbāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - 'blows'", "*bô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'on it'", "*ʾākēn*": "adverb - 'surely/indeed'", "*ḥāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - 'grass'", "*hāʿām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'the people'" }, "variants": { "*yābēš*": "dries up/withers", "*nābēl*": "withers/fades", "*rûaḥ*": "breath/wind/spirit", "*nāšěbāh*": "blows/breathes", "*ʾākēn*": "surely/truly/indeed" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 41:21 : 21 { "verseID": "Job.41.21", "source": "כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃", "text": "*Kəqaš* *neḥšəḇû* *ṯôṯāḥ* *wəyiśḥaq* *ləraʿaš* *kîḏôn*", "grammar": { "*Kəqaš*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular - like stubble", "*neḥšəḇû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are regarded/counted", "*ṯôṯāḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - club/dart", "*wəyiśḥaq*": "conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he laughs", "*ləraʿaš*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular - at the rattling/shaking of", "*kîḏôn*": "noun, masculine singular - javelin/spear" }, "variants": { "*qаš*": "stubble/straw", "*neḥšəḇû*": "they are regarded/they are counted/they are esteemed", "*ṯôṯāḥ*": "club/dart/iron rod", "*yiśḥaq*": "he laughs/he mocks/he scoffs", "*raʿaš*": "rattling/shaking/quivering", "*kîḏôn*": "javelin/spear/dart" } }