Isaiah 29:4
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.29.4", "source": "וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּמֵֽעָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ וּמֵעָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף", "text": "*wĕ-šāp̱alt* from-*ʾereṣ* *tĕdabbērî* and-from-*ʿāp̱ār* *tiššaḥ* *ʾimrātēḵ* *wĕ-hāyāh* like-*ʾôḇ* from-*ʾereṣ* *qôlēḵ* and-from-*ʿāp̱ār* *ʾimrātēḵ* *tĕṣap̱ṣēp̱*", "grammar": { "*wĕ-šāp̱alt*": "verb, qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - you will be brought low", "*mē-ʾereṣ*": "preposition min + noun, feminine singular - from the earth/ground", "*tĕdabbērî*": "verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you will speak", "*mē-ʿāp̱ār*": "preposition min + noun, masculine singular - from the dust", "*tiššaḥ*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be low/humbled", "*ʾimrātēḵ*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your speech/utterance", "*wĕ-hāyāh*": "verb, qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it will be", "*kĕ-ʾôḇ*": "preposition kaph + noun, masculine singular - like a ghost/medium", "*mē-ʾereṣ*": "preposition min + noun, feminine singular - from the earth/ground", "*qôlēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your voice", "*mē-ʿāp̱ār*": "preposition min + noun, masculine singular - from the dust", "*ʾimrātēḵ*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your speech/utterance", "*tĕṣap̱ṣēp̱*": "verb, pilpel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will chirp/whisper" }, "variants": { "*šāp̱alt*": "be brought low/humbled/abased", "*ʾereṣ*": "earth/ground/land", "*tiššaḥ*": "be low/humbled/brought down", "*ʾimrātēḵ*": "speech/utterance/saying", "*ʾôḇ*": "ghost/spirit of the dead/medium", "*tĕṣap̱ṣēp̱*": "chirp/whisper/squeak (like bird sounds)" } }