Isaiah 3:12
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.3.12", "source": "עַמִּי֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣יו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְנָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑וֹ עַמִּי֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ", "text": "*ʿammî* *nōgəśāyw* *məʿôlēl* and-*nāšîm* *māšəlû* in-him. *ʿammî* *məʾaššərêkā* *matʿîm* and-*derek* *ʾōrəḥōtêkā* *billēʿû*", "grammar": { "*ʿammî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people", "*nōgəśāyw*": "Qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his oppressors", "*məʿôlēl*": "Poel participle, masculine singular - a child/childish one", "*nāšîm*": "noun, feminine plural - women", "*māšəlû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they have ruled", "*bô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in/over him", "*məʾaššərêkā*": "Piel participle, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - those who guide you", "*matʿîm*": "Hiphil participle, masculine plural - causing to err/misleading", "*derek*": "noun, feminine singular construct - way of", "*ʾōrəḥōtêkā*": "noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your paths", "*billēʿû*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person common plural - they have confused/swallowed up" }, "variants": { "*ʿam*": "people/nation/folk", "*nōgēś*": "oppressor/taskmaster/tyrant", "*məʿôlēl*": "child/childish one/acting childishly", "*nāšîm*": "women/females/wives", "*māšal*": "rule/govern/dominate", "*məʾaššēr*": "one who guides/leads/directs", "*tāʿāh*": "err/wander/go astray", "*derek*": "way/road/path", "*ʾōraḥ*": "path/trail/way", "*bālaʿ*": "confuse/swallow up/engulf" } }