{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.1", "source": "כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שִׁמְר֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וַעֲשׂ֣וּ צְדָקָ֑ה כִּֽי־קְרוֹבָ֤ה יְשֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לָב֔וֹא וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לְהִגָּלֽוֹת׃", "text": "Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH*, *šimrû* *mišpāṭ* and *ʿaśû* *ṣədāqāh*, for-near [is] *yəšûʿātî* to *bôʾ* and *ṣidqātî* to *higgālôt*.", "grammar": { "*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/declared", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*šimrû*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - keep/preserve/observe", "*mišpāṭ*": "masculine singular noun - judgment/justice/right", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʿaśû*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - do/make/accomplish", "*ṣədāqāh*": "feminine singular noun - righteousness/rightness", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*qərôbāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - near/close", "*yəšûʿātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation/deliverance", "*lābôʾ*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to come", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ṣidqātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my righteousness", "*ləhiggālôt*": "preposition with niphal infinitive construct - to be revealed" }, "variants": { "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/right/legal decision", "*ṣədāqāh*": "righteousness/rightness/justice/virtue", "*yəšûʿātî*": "my salvation/deliverance/rescue/victory", "*ṣidqātî*": "my righteousness/justice/vindication" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.2", "source": "אַשְׁרֵ֤י אֱנוֹשׁ֙ יַעֲשֶׂה־זֹּ֔את וּבֶן־אָדָ֖ם יַחֲזִ֣יק בָּ֑הּ שֹׁמֵ֤ר שַׁבָּת֙ מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ וְשֹׁמֵ֥ר יָד֖וֹ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת כָּל־רָֽע׃ ס", "text": "*ʾašrê* *ʾĕnôš* *yaʿăśeh*-*zōʾt* and *ben*-*ʾādām* *yaḥăzîq* in-her, *šōmēr* *šabbāt* from-*ḥallĕlô* and *šōmēr* *yādô* from-*ʿăśôt* all-*rāʿ*.", "grammar": { "*ʾašrê*": "masculine plural construct noun - blessed/happy", "*ʾĕnôš*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind/person", "*yaʿăśeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do/make", "*zōʾt*": "feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind/Adam", "*yaḥăzîq*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will hold fast/strengthen/grasp", "*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it/her", "*šōmēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - keeping/guarding/observing", "*šabbāt*": "feminine singular noun - sabbath/rest", "*mē*": "preposition - from", "*ḥallĕlô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - profaning/defiling it", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*šōmēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - keeping/guarding/observing", "*yādô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand", "*mē*": "preposition - from", "*ʿăśôt*": "qal infinitive construct - doing/making", "*kol*": "noun, construct state - all of/every", "*rāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - evil/bad" }, "variants": { "*ʾašrê*": "blessed/happy/fortunate", "*ʾĕnôš*": "man/mortal/person/mankind", "*yaḥăzîq*": "holds fast/strengthens/seizes/grasps", "*šōmēr*": "keeping/guarding/watching/preserving", "*ḥallĕlô*": "profaning it/defiling it/making it common", "*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/wicked/harmful" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.3", "source": "וְאַל־יֹאמַ֣ר בֶּן־הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוָ֤ה אֶל־יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַבְדֵּ֧ל יַבְדִּילַ֛נִי יְהוָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל עַמּ֑וֹ וְאַל־יֹאמַר֙ הַסָּרִ֔יס הֵ֥ן אֲנִ֖י עֵ֥ץ יָבֵֽשׁ׃ ס", "text": "And not-*yōʾmar* *ben*-*hannēkār* *hannilwāh* unto-*YHWH* *lēʾmōr*, '*habdēl* *yabdîlēnî* *YHWH* from-upon *ʿammô*'; and not-*yōʾmar* *hassārîs*, 'Behold, I [am] *ʿēṣ* *yābēš*.'", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾal*": "negative particle - not/do not", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him say/speak", "*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of", "*hannēkār*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the foreigner/stranger", "*hannilwāh*": "definite article with niphal participle, masculine singular - the one joining/attaching", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/unto", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - saying", "*habdēl*": "hiphil infinitive absolute - separating/dividing", "*yabdîlēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will separate me", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*mēʿal*": "compound preposition - from upon", "*ʿammô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾal*": "negative particle - not/do not", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him say/speak", "*hassārîs*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the eunuch", "*hēn*": "interjection - behold/lo", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular personal pronoun - I", "*ʿēṣ*": "masculine singular noun - tree/wood", "*yābēš*": "adjective, masculine singular - dry/withered" }, "variants": { "*ben-hannēkār*": "foreigner/son of the foreigner/stranger", "*hannilwāh*": "the one who joins/attaches/accompanies", "*habdēl yabdîlēnî*": "surely separate me/completely divide me (emphatic construction)", "*hassārîs*": "the eunuch/court official", "*ʿēṣ yābēš*": "dry tree/withered wood (metaphor for being unfruitful/unable to have children)" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.4", "source": "כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁמְרוּ֙ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔י וּבָֽחֲר֖וּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑צְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃", "text": "For-thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* to-*hassārîsîm* who *yišmĕrû* [obj]-*šabbĕtôtay* and *bāḥărû* in-what *ḥāpāṣtî* and *maḥăzîqîm* in-*bĕrîtî*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/declared", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*lassārîsîm*": "preposition with definite article and masculine plural noun - to the eunuchs", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*yišmĕrû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will keep/observe", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*šabbĕtôtay*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sabbaths", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*bāḥărû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they chose/selected", "*baʾăšer*": "preposition with relative pronoun - in that which", "*ḥāpāṣtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I delighted in/desired", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*maḥăzîqîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - holding fast/strengthening/grasping", "*bibrîtî*": "preposition with feminine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my covenant" }, "variants": { "*hassārîsîm*": "the eunuchs/court officials", "*šabbĕtôtay*": "my sabbaths/my rest days", "*bāḥărû*": "they chose/selected/preferred", "*ḥāpāṣtî*": "I delighted in/desired/pleased in", "*maḥăzîqîm*": "holding fast to/strengthening/grasping", "*bĕrîtî*": "my covenant/agreement/treaty" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.5", "source": "וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֜ם בְּבֵיתִ֤י וּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙ יָ֣ד וָשֵׁ֔ם ט֖וֹב מִבָּנִ֣ים וּמִבָּנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּן־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ ס", "text": "And *nātattî* to-them in-*bêtî* and in-*ḥômōtay* *yād* and *šēm* *ṭôb* from-*bānîm* and from-*bānôt*; *šēm* *ʿôlām* *ʾettēn*-to-him which not *yikkārēt*.", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*nātattî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will give/set/put", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*bĕbêtî*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my house", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*bĕḥômōtay*": "preposition with feminine plural noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my walls", "*yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand/place/monument/memorial", "*wā*": "conjunction - and", "*šēm*": "masculine singular noun - name/reputation/memorial", "*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant/agreeable", "*mibbānîm*": "preposition with masculine plural noun - from sons", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*mibbānôt*": "preposition with feminine plural noun - from daughters", "*šēm*": "masculine singular noun - name/reputation/memorial", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - forever/eternity/perpetuity", "*ʾettēn*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will give", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yikkārēt*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be cut off/cut down" }, "variants": { "*yād*": "hand/place/monument/memorial/portion", "*šēm*": "name/reputation/memorial/monument", "*ṭôb*": "good/better/pleasant/agreeable", "*ʿôlām*": "everlasting/perpetual/ancient/forever", "*yikkārēt*": "will be cut off/cut down/destroyed/removed" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.6", "source": "וּבְנֵ֣י הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוִ֤ים עַל־יְהוָה֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִ֑ים כָּל־שֹׁמֵ֤ר שַׁבָּת֙ מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃", "text": "And *bĕnê* *hannēkār* *hannilwîm* unto-*YHWH* *lĕšārĕtô* and *lĕʾahăbāh* [obj]-*šēm* *YHWH*, *lihyôt* to-him *laʿăbādîm*, all-*šōmēr* *šabbāt* from-*ḥallĕlô* and *maḥăzîqîm* in-*bĕrîtî*.", "grammar": { "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*bĕnê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons of", "*hannēkār*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the foreigner/stranger", "*hannilwîm*": "definite article with niphal participle, masculine plural - the ones joining/attaching", "*ʿal*": "preposition - unto/upon/to", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*lĕšārĕtô*": "preposition with piel infinitive construct and 3rd masculine singular suffix - to serve/minister to him", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*lĕʾahăbāh*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to love", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*šēm*": "masculine singular construct noun - name of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*lihyôt*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to be/become", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*laʿăbādîm*": "preposition with masculine plural noun - as servants", "*kol*": "noun, construct state - all of/every", "*šōmēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - keeping/guarding/observing", "*šabbāt*": "feminine singular noun - sabbath/rest", "*mē*": "preposition - from", "*ḥallĕlô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - profaning/defiling it", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*maḥăzîqîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - holding fast/strengthening/grasping", "*bibrîtî*": "preposition with feminine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my covenant" }, "variants": { "*bĕnê hannēkār*": "sons of foreigners/strangers/foreign-born", "*hannilwîm*": "the ones who join/attach/accompany", "*lĕšārĕtô*": "to serve him/minister to him/attend to him", "*lĕʾahăbāh*": "to love/cherish", "*lihyôt lô laʿăbādîm*": "to be to him for servants/to be his servants", "*šōmēr*": "keeping/guarding/watching/preserving", "*maḥăzîqîm*": "holding fast to/strengthening/grasping" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.7", "source": "וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞ים אֶל־הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֗י וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית תְּפִלָּתִ֔י עוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧ם וְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛ם לְרָצ֖וֹן עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י כִּ֣י בֵיתִ֔י בֵּית־תְּפִלָּ֥ה יִקָּרֵ֖א לְכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃", "text": "And *hăbîʾôtîm* unto-*har* *qodšî* and *śimmaḥtîm* in-*bêt* *tĕpillātî*; *ʿôlōtêhem* and *zibḥêhem* for-*rāṣôn* upon-*mizbĕḥî*, for *bêtî* *bêt*-*tĕpillāh* *yiqqārēʾ* to-all-*hāʿammîm*.", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hăbîʾôtîm*": "hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will bring them", "*ʾel*": "preposition - unto/to", "*har*": "masculine singular construct noun - mountain of", "*qodšî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my holiness/holy place", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*śimmaḥtîm*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will make them rejoice", "*bĕbêt*": "preposition with masculine singular construct noun - in house of", "*tĕpillātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer", "*ʿôlōtêhem*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their burnt offerings", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*zibḥêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sacrifices", "*lĕrāṣôn*": "preposition with masculine singular noun - for acceptance/favor", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on", "*mizbĕḥî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my altar", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*bêtî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*bêt*": "masculine singular construct noun - house of", "*tĕpillāh*": "feminine singular noun - prayer", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be called", "*lĕkol*": "preposition with noun, construct state - for all of", "*hāʿammîm*": "definite article with masculine plural noun - the peoples/nations" }, "variants": { "*har qodšî*": "my holy mountain/my holy hill/mountain of my holiness", "*bêt tĕpillātî*": "house of my prayer/my prayer house", "*ʿôlōtêhem*": "their burnt offerings/holocausts", "*zibḥêhem*": "their sacrifices/offerings", "*lĕrāṣôn*": "for acceptance/favor/goodwill/pleasure", "*bêt-tĕpillāh*": "house of prayer/prayer house" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.8", "source": "נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה מְקַבֵּ֖ץ נִדְחֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ע֛וֹד אֲקַבֵּ֥ץ עָלָ֖יו לְנִקְבָּצָֽיו׃", "text": "*nĕʾum* *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH* *mĕqabbēṣ* *niddĕḥê* *Yiśrāʾēl*: yet *ʾăqabbēṣ* upon-him to-*niqbāṣāyw*.", "grammar": { "*nĕʾum*": "masculine singular construct noun - declaration of/oracle of", "*ʾădōnāy*": "title/lord - Lord/my Lord", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*mĕqabbēṣ*": "piel participle, masculine singular construct - gathering/collecting", "*niddĕḥê*": "niphal participle, masculine plural construct - outcasts of/dispersed of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/again", "*ʾăqabbēṣ*": "piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will gather/collect", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him/to him", "*lĕniqbāṣāyw*": "preposition with niphal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his gathered ones" }, "variants": { "*nĕʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle", "*mĕqabbēṣ*": "gathering/collecting/assembling", "*niddĕḥê*": "outcasts/dispersed/banished ones/scattered ones", "*ʿôd*": "still/yet/again/furthermore", "*ʾăqabbēṣ*": "I will gather/collect/assemble", "*lĕniqbāṣāyw*": "to his gathered ones/assembled ones/collected ones" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.9", "source": "כֹּ֖ל חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י אֵתָ֕יוּ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל כָּל־חַיְת֖וֹ בַּיָּֽעַר׃ ס", "text": "All *ḥaytô* *śādāy*, *ʾētāyû* to-*ʾĕkōl*, all-*ḥaytô* in-*yaʿar*.", "grammar": { "*kōl*": "noun, construct state - all of/every", "*ḥaytô*": "feminine singular construct noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his beast of", "*śādāy*": "masculine singular noun - field", "*ʾētāyû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - come", "*leʾĕkōl*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to eat/devour", "*kol*": "noun, construct state - all of/every", "*ḥaytô*": "feminine singular construct noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his beast of", "*bayyaʿar*": "preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - in the forest" }, "variants": { "*ḥaytô śādāy*": "beasts of the field/wild animals", "*ʾētāyû*": "come!/arrive!/enter!", "*leʾĕkōl*": "to eat/devour/consume", "*ḥaytô bayyaʿar*": "beasts in the forest/wild animals in the woods" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.10", "source": "*צפו **צֹפָ֞יו עִוְרִ֤ים כֻּלָּם֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ כֻּלָּם֙ כְּלָבִ֣ים אִלְּמִ֔ים לֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ לִנְבֹּ֑חַ הֹזִים֙ שֹֽׁכְבִ֔ים אֹהֲבֵ֖י לָנֽוּם׃", "text": "*ṣōpāyw* *ʿiwrîm* *kullām*, not *yādāʿû*; *kullām* *kĕlābîm* *ʾillĕmîm*, not *yûklû* *linbōaḥ*; *hōzîm* *šōkĕbîm*, *ʾōhăbê* *lānûm*.", "grammar": { "*ṣōpāyw*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his watchmen", "*ʿiwrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - blind", "*kullām*": "noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yādāʿû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they know/knew", "*kullām*": "noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*kĕlābîm*": "masculine plural noun - dogs", "*ʾillĕmîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - mute/unable to speak", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yûklû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are able", "*linbōaḥ*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to bark", "*hōzîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - dreaming/seeing visions", "*šōkĕbîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - lying down", "*ʾōhăbê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - loving", "*lānûm*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - to slumber" }, "variants": { "*ṣōpāyw*": "his watchmen/lookouts/sentinels", "*ʿiwrîm*": "blind/sightless", "*yādāʿû*": "they know/understand/perceive", "*kĕlābîm*": "dogs/scavengers", "*ʾillĕmîm*": "mute/silent/unable to speak", "*hōzîm*": "dreamers/visionaries/those seeing visions", "*šōkĕbîm*": "lying down/reclining", "*ʾōhăbê lānûm*": "loving to slumber/fond of sleeping" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.11", "source": "וְהַכְּלָבִ֣ים עַזֵּי־נֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א יָֽדְעוּ֙ שָׂבְעָ֔ה וְהֵ֣מָּה רֹעִ֔ים לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ הָבִ֑ין כֻּלָּם֙ לְדַרְכָּ֣ם פָּנ֔וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְבִצְע֖וֹ מִקָּצֵֽהוּ׃", "text": "And *hakkĕlābîm* *ʿazzê*-*nepeš*, not *yādĕʿû* *śobʿāh*; and they [are] *rōʿîm* [who] not *yādĕʿû* *hābîn*; *kullām* to-*darkām* *pānû*, *ʾîš* to-*biṣʿô* from-*qāṣēhû*.", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hakkĕlābîm*": "definite article with masculine plural noun - the dogs", "*ʿazzê*": "adjective, masculine plural construct - fierce/strong/greedy of", "*nepeš*": "feminine singular noun - soul/appetite/desire", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yādĕʿû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they know", "*śobʿāh*": "feminine singular noun - satisfaction/fullness", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hēmmāh*": "3rd masculine plural pronoun - they", "*rōʿîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - shepherds/pastors", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yādĕʿû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they know", "*hābîn*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to understand/discern", "*kullām*": "noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*lĕdarkām*": "preposition with feminine singular noun and 3rd masculine plural suffix - to their way", "*pānû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they turned", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - each man/each one", "*lĕbiṣʿô*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his gain", "*miqqāṣēhû*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his end/extremity" }, "variants": { "*hakkĕlābîm*": "the dogs/scavengers", "*ʿazzê-nepeš*": "greedy of appetite/fierce in soul/strong in desire", "*śobʿāh*": "satisfaction/fullness/contentment", "*rōʿîm*": "shepherds/pastors/leaders", "*hābîn*": "to understand/discern/have insight", "*pānû*": "they turned/faced/looked", "*lĕbiṣʿô*": "to his gain/profit/unjust gain", "*miqqāṣēhû*": "from his end/extremity/quarter (idiom: every one of them without exception)" } }

{ "verseID": "Isaiah.56.12", "source": "אֵתָ֥יוּ אֶקְחָה־יַ֖יִן וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְהָיָ֤ה כָזֶה֙ י֣וֹם מָחָ֔ר גָּד֖וֹל יֶ֥תֶר מְאֹֽד׃", "text": "*ʾētāyû*, *ʾeqḥāh*-*yayin* and *nisbbĕʾāh* *šēkār*; and *hāyāh* like-this *yôm* *māḥār*, *gādôl* *yeter* *mĕʾōd*.", "grammar": { "*ʾētāyû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - come", "*ʾeqḥāh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular, cohortative - let me take/fetch", "*yayin*": "masculine singular noun - wine", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*nisbbĕʾāh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person plural, cohortative - let us drink our fill", "*šēkār*": "masculine singular noun - strong drink/intoxicating drink", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be", "*kāzeh*": "preposition with demonstrative pronoun - like this", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day", "*māḥār*": "adverb - tomorrow", "*gādôl*": "adjective, masculine singular - great/large", "*yeter*": "masculine singular noun - exceeding/abundant/remnant", "*mĕʾōd*": "adverb - very/exceedingly" }, "variants": { "*ʾētāyû*": "come!/arrive!/enter!", "*ʾeqḥāh-yayin*": "let me fetch wine/I will take wine", "*nisbbĕʾāh*": "let us drink our fill/let us be intoxicated/let us carouse", "*šēkār*": "strong drink/intoxicating drink/beer", "*kāzeh yôm māḥār*": "like this day tomorrow/tomorrow will be like today", "*gādôl yeter mĕʾōd*": "exceedingly great/very abundant/even much better" } }