Isaiah 53:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־רְשָׁעִים֙ קִבְר֔וֹ וְאֶת־עָשִׁ֖יר בְּמֹתָ֑יו עַ֚ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א מִרְמָ֖ה בְּפִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And he yitten ʾet-reshaʿim his qivro, and ʾet-ʿashir in his motaw, though no ḥamas he ʿasah, and no mirmah in his piv.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yitten*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he gave/appointed
• *ʾet-reshaʿim*: direct object marker with masculine plural noun - with the wicked
• *qivro*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his grave
• *we-ʾet-ʿashir*: conjunction, direct object marker with adjective - and with the rich
• *be-motaw*: preposition with feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his deaths
• *ʿal*: preposition - although/despite
• *loʾ-ḥamas*: negative particle with masculine singular noun - no violence
• *ʿasah*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he did/committed
• *we-loʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and no
• *mirmah*: feminine singular noun - deceit/treachery
• *be-piv*: preposition with masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his mouth

Word Meanings

• *yitten*: gave/appointed/assigned
• *reshaʿim*: wicked ones/evil people/criminals
• *qivro*: his grave/his tomb/his burial place
• *ʿashir*: rich man/wealthy person
• *motaw*: his deaths (plural form possibly indicating intensity)/his death
• *ʿal*: although/despite/because
• *ḥamas*: violence/wrong/injustice
• *ʿasah*: did/committed/performed
• *mirmah*: deceit/treachery/fraud/falsehood

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:57-60 : 57 And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up. 59 And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
• 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
• 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
• Mark 15:43-46 : 43 there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
• Luke 23:50-53 : 50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man 51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), [a man] of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God: 52 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.
• John 19:38-42 : 38 And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took away his body. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
• Isa 42:1-3 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
• 1 Cor 15:4 : 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;