{
"verseID": "Isaiah.55.10",
"source": "כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵרֵד הַגֶּשֶׁם וְהַשֶּׁלֶג מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְשָׁמָּה לֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי אִם־הִרְוָה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהוֹלִידָהּ וְהִצְמִיחָהּ וְנָתַן זֶרַע לַזֹּרֵעַ וְלֶחֶם לָאֹכֵל",
"text": "Because as-*ʾăšer* *yērēḏ* the-*gešem* and-the-*šeleḡ* from-the-*šāmayim* and-there not *yāšûḇ* because if-*hirwâ* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾāreṣ* and-*hôlîḏāh* and-*hiṣmîḥāh* and-*nāṯan* *zeraʿ* to-the-*zōrēaʿ* and-*leḥem* to-the-*ʾōḵēl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*yērēḏ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - comes down",
"*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*šeleḡ*": "noun, masculine singular - snow",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - heavens",
"*yāšûḇ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - returns",
"*hirwâ*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - waters/makes drink",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land",
"*hôlîḏāh*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - causes it to bring forth",
"*hiṣmîḥāh*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - causes it to sprout",
"*nāṯan*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - gives",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - seed",
"*zōrēaʿ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sower",
"*leḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread/food",
"*ʾōḵēl*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - eater"
},
"variants": {
"*yērēḏ*": "comes down/descends",
"*hirwâ*": "waters/saturates/drenches",
"*hôlîḏāh*": "causes it to bring forth/makes it bear/produces from it",
"*hiṣmîḥāh*": "causes it to sprout/makes it grow/brings forth vegetation from it",
"*nāṯan*": "gives/provides/supplies",
"*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring",
"*zōrēaʿ*": "sower/planter",
"*leḥem*": "bread/food",
"*ʾōḵēl*": "eater/one who eats"
}
}