{
"verseID": "Isaiah.50.2",
"source": "מַדּ֨וּעַ בָּ֜אתִי וְאֵ֣ין אִ֗ישׁ קָרָֽאתִי֮ וְאֵ֣ין עוֹנֶה֒ הֲקָצ֨וֹר קָצְרָ֤ה יָדִי֙ מִפְּד֔וּת וְאִם־אֵֽין־בִּ֥י כֹ֖חַ לְהַצִּ֑יל הֵ֣ן בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י אַחֲרִ֣יב יָ֗ם אָשִׂ֤ים נְהָרוֹת֙ מִדְבָּ֔ר תִּבְאַ֤שׁ דְּגָתָם֙ מֵאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְתָמֹ֖ת בַּצָּמָֽא׃",
"text": "Why *bāʾṯî* and [there was] no *ʾîš*, *qārāʾṯî* and [there was] no answer? Has *qāṣôr* *qāṣərâ* my *yāḏî* from *pəḏûṯ* and if [there is] no *koaḥ* in me to *haṣṣîl*? *hēn* in *gaʿărāṯî* I *aḥărîḇ* *yām*, I *ʾāśîm* *nəhārôṯ* *miḏbār*, *tiḇʾaš* their *dəḡāṯām* from no *mayim* and *ṯāmōṯ* in *ṣāmāʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*bāʾṯî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I came",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man/person",
"*qārāʾṯî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I called",
"*qāṣôr*": "infinitive absolute - shortening/becoming short",
"*qāṣərâ*": "perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has become short",
"*yāḏî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person suffix - my hand",
"*pəḏûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - redemption/ransom",
"*koaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - power/strength",
"*haṣṣîl*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to save/deliver",
"*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - behold/indeed",
"*gaʿărāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person suffix - my rebuke",
"*aḥărîḇ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I dry up/make desolate",
"*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea",
"*ʾāśîm*": "imperfect, 1st singular - I make/set/place",
"*nəhārôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural - rivers",
"*miḏbār*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert",
"*tiḇʾaš*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it stinks/becomes foul",
"*dəḡāṯām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fish",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - water",
"*ṯāmōṯ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it dies",
"*ṣāmāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - thirst"
},
"variants": {
"*bāʾṯî*": "I came/I arrived",
"*qārāʾṯî*": "I called/I summoned/I proclaimed",
"*qāṣôr*": "shortening/becoming short/lessening",
"*qāṣərâ*": "has become short/is too short/has diminished",
"*pəḏûṯ*": "redemption/ransom/deliverance",
"*koaḥ*": "power/strength/ability",
"*haṣṣîl*": "to save/to deliver/to rescue",
"*gaʿărāṯî*": "my rebuke/my reproof/my threatening",
"*aḥărîḇ*": "I dry up/I make desolate/I destroy",
"*ʾāśîm*": "I make/I set/I place/I establish",
"*nəhārôṯ*": "rivers/streams",
"*miḏbār*": "wilderness/desert/wasteland",
"*tiḇʾaš*": "it stinks/it becomes foul/it rots",
"*ṯāmōṯ*": "it dies/it perishes"
}
}