18{
"verseID": "Isaiah.45.18",
"source": "כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָֽמַר־יְ֠הוָה בּוֹרֵ֨א הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים יֹצֵ֨ר הָאָ֤רֶץ וְעֹשָׂהּ֙ ה֣וּא כֽוֹנְנָ֔הּ לֹא־תֹ֥הוּ בְרָאָ֖הּ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת יְצָרָ֑הּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין עֽוֹד",
"text": "For thus *ʾāmar*-*YHWH* *bôrēʾ* the-*šāmayim* he the-*ʾĕlōhîm* *yōṣēr* the-*ʾāreṣ* and-*ʿōśāh* he *kônĕnāh* not-*tōhû* *bĕrāʾāh* for-*šebet* *yĕṣārāh* *ʾănî* *YHWH* and-*ʾên* *ʿôd*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke",
"*bôrēʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - creator of",
"*šāmayim*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the heavens/sky",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the God/gods",
"*yōṣēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - former of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land",
"*ʿōśāh*": "qal participle, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine suffix - who made it",
"*kônĕnāh*": "polel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd person feminine suffix - he established it",
"*tōhû*": "masculine singular noun - emptiness/waste/chaos",
"*bĕrāʾāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd person feminine suffix - he created it",
"*šebet*": "qal infinitive construct - to be inhabited",
"*yĕṣārāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd person feminine suffix - he formed it",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not/there is no",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/besides"
},
"variants": {
"*bôrēʾ*": "creator of/who creates/maker of",
"*yōṣēr*": "former of/who forms/fashioner of",
"*ʿōśāh*": "who made it/its maker/who produced it",
"*kônĕnāh*": "he established it/he fixed it/he prepared it",
"*tōhû*": "emptiness/waste/chaos/formlessness",
"*bĕrāʾāh*": "he created it/he formed it/he made it",
"*šebet*": "to be inhabited/to be lived in/for habitation",
"*yĕṣārāh*": "he formed it/he fashioned it/he shaped it"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Isaiah.45.19",
"source": "לֹ֧א בַסֵּ֣תֶר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי בִּמְקוֹם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֹ֔שֶׁךְ לֹ֥א אָמַ֛רְתִּי לְזֶ֥רַע יַעֲקֹ֖ב תֹּ֣הוּ בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִי אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ דֹּבֵ֣ר צֶ֔דֶק מַגִּ֖יד מֵישָׁרִֽים",
"text": "Not in-the-*sēter* *dibbartî* in-*mĕqôm* *ʾereṣ* *ḥōšek* not *ʾāmartî* to-*zeraʿ* *yaʿăqōb* *tōhû* *baqqĕšûnî* *ʾănî* *YHWH* *dōbēr* *ṣedeq* *maggid* *mêšārîm*",
"grammar": {
"*sēter*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the secret/hidden place",
"*dibbartî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I spoke",
"*mĕqôm*": "masculine singular construct - place of",
"*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular construct - land of",
"*ḥōšek*": "masculine singular noun - darkness",
"*ʾāmartî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said",
"*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of",
"*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*tōhû*": "masculine singular noun - emptiness/vanity",
"*baqqĕšûnî*": "piel imperative, masculine plural with 1st person suffix - seek me",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*dōbēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - speaking/who speaks",
"*ṣedeq*": "masculine singular noun - righteousness/justice",
"*maggid*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - declaring/who declares",
"*mêšārîm*": "masculine plural noun - uprightness/equity"
},
"variants": {
"*sēter*": "secret/hidden place/concealment",
"*dibbartî*": "I spoke/I talked/I declared",
"*mĕqôm*": "place of/location of/site of",
"*tōhû*": "emptiness/vanity/chaos/nothingness",
"*baqqĕšûnî*": "seek me/search for me/inquire of me",
"*dōbēr*": "speaking/who speaks/declaring",
"*ṣedeq*": "righteousness/justice/rightness",
"*maggid*": "declaring/who declares/telling/announcing",
"*mêšārîm*": "uprightness/equity/righteousness/straightness"
}
}