2{
"verseID": "Isaiah.56.2",
"source": "אַשְׁרֵ֤י אֱנוֹשׁ֙ יַעֲשֶׂה־זֹּ֔את וּבֶן־אָדָ֖ם יַחֲזִ֣יק בָּ֑הּ שֹׁמֵ֤ר שַׁבָּת֙ מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ וְשֹׁמֵ֥ר יָד֖וֹ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת כָּל־רָֽע׃ ס",
"text": "*ʾašrê* *ʾĕnôš* *yaʿăśeh*-*zōʾt* and *ben*-*ʾādām* *yaḥăzîq* in-her, *šōmēr* *šabbāt* from-*ḥallĕlô* and *šōmēr* *yādô* from-*ʿăśôt* all-*rāʿ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾašrê*": "masculine plural construct noun - blessed/happy",
"*ʾĕnôš*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind/person",
"*yaʿăśeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do/make",
"*zōʾt*": "feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of",
"*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind/Adam",
"*yaḥăzîq*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will hold fast/strengthen/grasp",
"*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it/her",
"*šōmēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - keeping/guarding/observing",
"*šabbāt*": "feminine singular noun - sabbath/rest",
"*mē*": "preposition - from",
"*ḥallĕlô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - profaning/defiling it",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*šōmēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - keeping/guarding/observing",
"*yādô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*mē*": "preposition - from",
"*ʿăśôt*": "qal infinitive construct - doing/making",
"*kol*": "noun, construct state - all of/every",
"*rāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - evil/bad"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾašrê*": "blessed/happy/fortunate",
"*ʾĕnôš*": "man/mortal/person/mankind",
"*yaḥăzîq*": "holds fast/strengthens/seizes/grasps",
"*šōmēr*": "keeping/guarding/watching/preserving",
"*ḥallĕlô*": "profaning it/defiling it/making it common",
"*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/wicked/harmful"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Isaiah.56.3",
"source": "וְאַל־יֹאמַ֣ר בֶּן־הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוָ֤ה אֶל־יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַבְדֵּ֧ל יַבְדִּילַ֛נִי יְהוָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל עַמּ֑וֹ וְאַל־יֹאמַר֙ הַסָּרִ֔יס הֵ֥ן אֲנִ֖י עֵ֥ץ יָבֵֽשׁ׃ ס",
"text": "And not-*yōʾmar* *ben*-*hannēkār* *hannilwāh* unto-*YHWH* *lēʾmōr*, '*habdēl* *yabdîlēnî* *YHWH* from-upon *ʿammô*'; and not-*yōʾmar* *hassārîs*, 'Behold, I [am] *ʿēṣ* *yābēš*.'",
"grammar": {
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾal*": "negative particle - not/do not",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him say/speak",
"*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of",
"*hannēkār*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the foreigner/stranger",
"*hannilwāh*": "definite article with niphal participle, masculine singular - the one joining/attaching",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to/unto",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition with qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*habdēl*": "hiphil infinitive absolute - separating/dividing",
"*yabdîlēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will separate me",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD",
"*mēʿal*": "compound preposition - from upon",
"*ʿammô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾal*": "negative particle - not/do not",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him say/speak",
"*hassārîs*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the eunuch",
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/lo",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular personal pronoun - I",
"*ʿēṣ*": "masculine singular noun - tree/wood",
"*yābēš*": "adjective, masculine singular - dry/withered"
},
"variants": {
"*ben-hannēkār*": "foreigner/son of the foreigner/stranger",
"*hannilwāh*": "the one who joins/attaches/accompanies",
"*habdēl yabdîlēnî*": "surely separate me/completely divide me (emphatic construction)",
"*hassārîs*": "the eunuch/court official",
"*ʿēṣ yābēš*": "dry tree/withered wood (metaphor for being unfruitful/unable to have children)"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Isaiah.56.4",
"source": "כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁמְרוּ֙ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔י וּבָֽחֲר֖וּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑צְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃",
"text": "For-thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* to-*hassārîsîm* who *yišmĕrû* [obj]-*šabbĕtôtay* and *bāḥărû* in-what *ḥāpāṣtî* and *maḥăzîqîm* in-*bĕrîtî*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/declared",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD",
"*lassārîsîm*": "preposition with definite article and masculine plural noun - to the eunuchs",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that",
"*yišmĕrû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will keep/observe",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šabbĕtôtay*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sabbaths",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*bāḥărû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they chose/selected",
"*baʾăšer*": "preposition with relative pronoun - in that which",
"*ḥāpāṣtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I delighted in/desired",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*maḥăzîqîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - holding fast/strengthening/grasping",
"*bibrîtî*": "preposition with feminine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my covenant"
},
"variants": {
"*hassārîsîm*": "the eunuchs/court officials",
"*šabbĕtôtay*": "my sabbaths/my rest days",
"*bāḥărû*": "they chose/selected/preferred",
"*ḥāpāṣtî*": "I delighted in/desired/pleased in",
"*maḥăzîqîm*": "holding fast to/strengthening/grasping",
"*bĕrîtî*": "my covenant/agreement/treaty"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Isaiah.56.5",
"source": "וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֜ם בְּבֵיתִ֤י וּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙ יָ֣ד וָשֵׁ֔ם ט֖וֹב מִבָּנִ֣ים וּמִבָּנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּן־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ ס",
"text": "And *nātattî* to-them in-*bêtî* and in-*ḥômōtay* *yād* and *šēm* *ṭôb* from-*bānîm* and from-*bānôt*; *šēm* *ʿôlām* *ʾettēn*-to-him which not *yikkārēt*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*nātattî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I will give/set/put",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*bĕbêtî*": "preposition with masculine singular noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my house",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*bĕḥômōtay*": "preposition with feminine plural noun and 1st person singular suffix - in my walls",
"*yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand/place/monument/memorial",
"*wā*": "conjunction - and",
"*šēm*": "masculine singular noun - name/reputation/memorial",
"*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*mibbānîm*": "preposition with masculine plural noun - from sons",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*mibbānôt*": "preposition with feminine plural noun - from daughters",
"*šēm*": "masculine singular noun - name/reputation/memorial",
"*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - forever/eternity/perpetuity",
"*ʾettēn*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will give",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yikkārēt*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be cut off/cut down"
},
"variants": {
"*yād*": "hand/place/monument/memorial/portion",
"*šēm*": "name/reputation/memorial/monument",
"*ṭôb*": "good/better/pleasant/agreeable",
"*ʿôlām*": "everlasting/perpetual/ancient/forever",
"*yikkārēt*": "will be cut off/cut down/destroyed/removed"
}
}