{
"verseID": "Isaiah.66.3",
"source": "שׁוֹחֵ֨ט הַשּׁ֜וֹר מַכֵּה־אִ֗ישׁ זוֹבֵ֤חַ הַשֶּׂה֙ עֹ֣רֵֽף כֶּ֔לֶב מַעֲלֵ֤ה מִנְחָה֙ דַּם־חֲזִ֔יר מַזְכִּ֥יר לְבֹנָ֖ה מְבָ֣רֵֽךְ אָ֑וֶן גַּם־הֵ֗מָּה בָּֽחֲרוּ֙ בְּדַרְכֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם נַפְשָׁ֥ם חָפֵֽצָה׃",
"text": "*šôḥēṭ* the-*šôr* [is like] *makkēh*-*ʾîš*, *zôḇēaḥ* the-*śeh* [is like] *ʿōrēp̄* *keleḇ*, *maʿălēh* *minḥâ* [is like] *dam*-*ḥăzîr*, *mazkîr* *lĕḇōnâ* [is like] *mĕḇārēk* *ʾāwen*; *gam*-they *bāḥărû* in-*ḏarkêhem*, and-in-*šiqqûṣêhem* *nap̄šām* *ḥāp̄ēṣâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*šôḥēṭ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - one who slaughters",
"*ha-šôr*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the ox/bull",
"*makkēh*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular construct - one who strikes/kills",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*zôḇēaḥ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - one who sacrifices",
"*ha-śeh*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the lamb",
"*ʿōrēp̄*": "qal participle, masculine singular - one who breaks the neck of",
"*keleḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - dog",
"*maʿălēh*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who offers up",
"*minḥâ*": "noun, feminine singular - grain offering/tribute",
"*dam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - blood of",
"*ḥăzîr*": "noun, masculine singular - pig/swine",
"*mazkîr*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who burns/offers",
"*lĕḇōnâ*": "noun, feminine singular - frankincense",
"*mĕḇārēk*": "piel participle, masculine singular - one who blesses",
"*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/evil/idolatry",
"*gam*": "particle - also/indeed",
"*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they",
"*bāḥărû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have chosen",
"*bĕ-ḏarkêhem*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their ways",
"*û-ḇĕ-šiqqûṣêhem*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and in their abominations",
"*nap̄šām*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their soul/desire",
"*ḥāp̄ēṣâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has delighted/desired"
},
"variants": {
"*šôḥēṭ*": "slaughtering/killing/butchering",
"*šôr*": "ox/bull/cattle",
"*makkēh-ʾîš*": "one who kills a man/murderer",
"*zôḇēaḥ*": "sacrificing/offering/slaughtering",
"*śeh*": "lamb/sheep/goat",
"*ʿōrēp̄*": "breaking the neck of/strangling",
"*keleḇ*": "dog (considered unclean animal)",
"*maʿălēh*": "offering up/presenting/elevating",
"*minḥâ*": "grain offering/gift/tribute",
"*dam-ḥăzîr*": "pig's blood (ritually impure)",
"*mazkîr*": "burning/offering/causing to remember",
"*lĕḇōnâ*": "frankincense/incense",
"*mĕḇārēk*": "blessing/praising/kneeling to",
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/idolatry",
"*bāḥărû*": "they have chosen/selected/preferred",
"*ḏarkêhem*": "their ways/paths/conduct",
"*šiqqûṣêhem*": "their abominations/detestable things/idols",
"*nap̄šām*": "their soul/desire/appetite",
"*ḥāp̄ēṣâ*": "delights/takes pleasure in/desires"
}
}