{
"verseID": "Isaiah.42.16",
"source": "וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י עִוְרִ֗ים בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת לֹֽא־יָדְע֖וּ אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם אָשִׂים֩ מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם לָא֗וֹר וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם וְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃",
"text": "*wəhôlaḵtî* *ʿiwrîm* *bəḏereḵ* *lōʾ* *yāḏāʿû* *binṯîḇôṯ* *lōʾ*-*yāḏəʿû* *ʾaḏrîḵēm* *ʾāśîm* *maḥšāḵ* *lip̄nêhem* *lāʾôr* *ûmaʿăqaššîm* *ləmîšôr* *ʾēlleh* *haddəḇārîm* *ʿăśîṯîm* *wəlōʾ* *ʿăzaḇtîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wəhôlaḵtî*": "conjunction + 1st person singular hiphil perfect verb with waw consecutive - and I will lead",
"*ʿiwrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - blind ones",
"*bəḏereḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in a way",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yāḏāʿû*": "3rd person plural qal perfect verb - they knew",
"*binṯîḇôṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - in paths",
"*yāḏəʿû*": "3rd person plural qal perfect verb - they knew",
"*ʾaḏrîḵēm*": "1st person singular hiphil imperfect verb + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will guide them",
"*ʾāśîm*": "1st person singular qal imperfect verb - I will make",
"*maḥšāḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness",
"*lip̄nêhem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them",
"*lāʾôr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to light",
"*ûmaʿăqaššîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and crooked places",
"*ləmîšôr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to level ground",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these",
"*haddəḇārîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the things",
"*ʿăśîṯîm*": "1st person singular qal perfect verb + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I have done them",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʿăzaḇtîm*": "1st person singular qal perfect verb + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I have forsaken them"
},
"variants": {
"*wəhôlaḵtî*": "and I will lead/and I will bring/and I will guide",
"*ʿiwrîm*": "blind ones/blind people",
"*ḏereḵ*": "way/road/path",
"*yāḏāʿû*": "they knew/they were familiar with",
"*nəṯîḇôṯ*": "paths/trails/ways",
"*ʾaḏrîḵēm*": "I will guide them/I will lead them/I will direct them",
"*ʾāśîm*": "I will make/I will turn/I will transform",
"*maḥšāḵ*": "darkness/gloom/obscurity",
"*lip̄nêhem*": "before them/in front of them",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/brightness",
"*maʿăqaššîm*": "crooked places/rough places/uneven ground",
"*mîšôr*": "level ground/plain/smooth place",
"*dəḇārîm*": "things/words/matters",
"*ʿăśîṯîm*": "I have done them/I did them/I made them",
"*ʿăzaḇtîm*": "I have forsaken them/I have abandoned them/I have left them"
}
}