28{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.28",
"source": "הֲל֨וֹא יָדַ֜עְתָּ אִם־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֱלֹהֵ֨י עוֹלָ֤ם ׀ יְהוָה֙ בּוֹרֵא֙ קְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִיעַ֖ף וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין חֵ֖קֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*hălôʾ yādaʿtā ʾim-lōʾ šāmaʿtā ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām YHWH bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*",
"grammar": {
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have you not'",
"*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'known'",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'if not'",
"*šāmaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'heard'",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - 'eternity'",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - 'LORD'",
"*bôrēʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular construct - 'Creator of'",
"*qěṣôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'ends of'",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - 'not'",
"*yîʿap*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'faints'",
"*wělōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'and not'",
"*yîgāʿ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'grows weary'",
"*ʾên*": "negative particle - 'there is no'",
"*ḥēqer*": "noun, masculine singular - 'searching out'",
"*litbûnātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'for his understanding'"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām*": "everlasting God/eternal God",
"*bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ*": "Creator of the ends of the earth/Maker of the earth's farthest bounds",
"*lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ*": "does not faint or grow weary/never tires or becomes exhausted",
"*ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*": "there is no searching of his understanding/his understanding is unsearchable"
}
}
29{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.29",
"source": "נֹתֵ֥ן לַיָּעֵ֖ף כֹּ֑חַ וּלְאֵ֥ין אוֹנִ֖ים עָצְמָ֥ה יַרְבֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*nōtēn layyāʿēp kōaḥ ûlěʾên ʾônîm ʿāṣmāh yarbeh*",
"grammar": {
"*nōtēn*": "qal participle, masculine singular - 'giving'",
"*layyāʿēp*": "preposition + definite article + adjective, masculine singular - 'to the faint'",
"*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - 'strength'",
"*ûlěʾên*": "conjunction + preposition + negative particle - 'and to those who have no'",
"*ʾônîm*": "noun, masculine plural - 'strength'",
"*ʿāṣmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - 'power'",
"*yarbeh*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he increases'"
},
"variants": {
"*nōtēn*": "gives/provides",
"*yāʿēp*": "faint/weary",
"*ʾônîm*": "strength/might",
"*ʿāṣmāh*": "power/might",
"*yarbeh*": "increases/multiplies"
}
}
30{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.30",
"source": "וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ וּבַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃",
"text": "*wěyîʿăpû něʿārîm wěyîgāʿû ûbaḥûrîm kāšôl yikkāšēlû*",
"grammar": {
"*wěyîʿăpû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and will faint'",
"*něʿārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - 'youths'",
"*wěyîgāʿû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and will grow weary'",
"*ûbaḥûrîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - 'and young men'",
"*kāšôl*": "qal infinitive absolute - 'utterly'",
"*yikkāšēlû*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'will stumble'"
},
"variants": {
"*yîʿăpû*": "will faint/will grow tired",
"*něʿārîm*": "youths/young men",
"*yîgāʿû*": "will grow weary/will become exhausted",
"*baḥûrîm*": "young men/chosen men",
"*kāšôl yikkāšēlû*": "will utterly stumble/will certainly fall"
}
}