Isaiah 51:3
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.51.3", "source": "כִּֽי־נִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה צִיּ֗וֹן נִחַם֙ כָּל־חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ כְּעֵ֔דֶן וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ כְּגַן־יְהוָ֑ה שָׂשׂ֤וֹן וְשִׂמְחָה֙ יִמָּ֣צֵא בָ֔הּ תּוֹדָ֖ה וְק֥וֹל זִמְרָֽה", "text": "*kî-niḥam YHWH ṣiyyôn niḥam kol-ḥorbōtêhā wayyāśem midbārāh kə'ēden wə'arbātāh kəgan-YHWH śāśôn wəśimḥâ yimmāṣē' bāh tôdâ wəqôl zimrâ*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*niḥam*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he comforted/consoled", "YHWH": "proper noun - divine name", "*ṣiyyôn*": "proper noun, feminine - Zion", "*niḥam*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he comforted/consoled", "*kol-ḥorbōtêhā*": "noun construct + noun feminine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - all her ruins/waste places", "*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he made/placed", "*midbārāh*": "common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her wilderness/desert", "*kə'ēden*": "preposition + proper noun - like Eden", "*wə'arbātāh*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her desert plain", "*kəgan-YHWH*": "preposition + common noun construct + divine name - like garden of YHWH", "*śāśôn*": "common noun, masculine singular - joy/gladness", "*wəśimḥâ*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and happiness/rejoicing", "*yimmāṣē'*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be found", "*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her", "*tôdâ*": "common noun, feminine singular - thanksgiving/praise", "*wəqôl*": "conjunction + common noun, masculine singular - and voice/sound", "*zimrâ*": "common noun, feminine singular - melody/song" }, "variants": { "*niḥam*": "comforted/consoled/had compassion on", "*ḥorbōtêhā*": "ruins/waste places/desolations", "*midbārāh*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land", "*'arbātāh*": "desert plain/wilderness/steppe", "*śāśôn*": "joy/gladness/delight", "*śimḥâ*": "happiness/rejoicing/pleasure", "*tôdâ*": "thanksgiving/praise/confession", "*zimrâ*": "melody/song/praise-music" } }