18{
"verseID": "Isaiah.42.18",
"source": "הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים שְׁמָ֑עוּ וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים הַבִּ֥יטוּ לִרְאֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*haḥērəšîm* *šəmāʿû* *wəhaʿiwrîm* *habbîṭû* *lirʾôṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*haḥērəšîm*": "definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the deaf",
"*šəmāʿû*": "2nd person masculine plural qal imperative verb - hear",
"*wəhaʿiwrîm*": "conjunction + definite article + adjective, masculine plural - and the blind",
"*habbîṭû*": "2nd person masculine plural hiphil imperative verb - look",
"*lirʾôṯ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to see"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥērəšîm*": "deaf/deaf ones",
"*šəmāʿû*": "hear/listen",
"*ʿiwrîm*": "blind/blind ones",
"*habbîṭû*": "look/gaze/observe",
"*lirʾôṯ*": "to see/in order to see"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Isaiah.42.19",
"source": "מִ֤י עִוֵּר֙ כִּ֣י אִם־עַבְדִּ֔י וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ כְּמַלְאָכִ֣י אֶשְׁלָ֑ח מִ֤י עִוֵּר֙ כִּמְשֻׁלָּ֔ם וְעִוֵּ֖ר כְּעֶ֥בֶד יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*mî* *ʿiwwēr* *kî* *ʾim*-*ʿaḇdî* *wəḥērēš* *kəmalʾāḵî* *ʾešlāḥ* *mî* *ʿiwwēr* *kimšullām* *wəʿiwwēr* *kəʿeḇeḏ* *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*ʿiwwēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - blind",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/except",
"*ʾim*": "conjunction - if/but",
"*ʿaḇdî*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my servant",
"*wəḥērēš*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and deaf",
"*kəmalʾāḵî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - like my messenger",
"*ʾešlāḥ*": "1st person singular qal imperfect verb - I will send",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*ʿiwwēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - blind",
"*kimšullām*": "preposition + pual participle, masculine singular - like the one at peace/devoted",
"*wəʿiwwēr*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and blind",
"*kəʿeḇeḏ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - like the servant of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿiwwēr*": "blind/sightless",
"*kî* *ʾim*": "except/but/only",
"*ʿaḇdî*": "my servant/my slave",
"*ḥērēš*": "deaf/unable to hear",
"*malʾāḵî*": "my messenger/my envoy/my angel",
"*ʾešlāḥ*": "I will send/I send",
"*məšullām*": "one at peace/complete one/devoted one/perfect one",
"*ʿeḇeḏ*": "servant/slave"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Isaiah.42.20",
"source": "רָא֥וֹת רַבּ֖וֹת וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמֹ֑ר פָּק֥וֹחַ אָזְנַ֖יִם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמָֽע׃",
"text": "*Rāʾôt* many and not *tišmōr*; *pāqôaḥ* *ʾoznayim* and not *yišmāʿ*.",
"grammar": {
"*Rāʾôt*": "infinitive construct of *rāʾâ* (to see) - seeing",
"*tišmōr*": "2nd person masculine singular imperfect - you observe/keep/regard",
"*pāqôaḥ*": "infinitive absolute - opening",
"*ʾoznayim*": "feminine dual noun - ears",
"*yišmāʿ*": "3rd person masculine singular imperfect - he hears/listens"
},
"variants": {
"*Rāʾôt*": "seeing/observing/perceiving",
"*tišmōr*": "observe/keep/regard/pay attention to",
"*pāqôaḥ*": "opening/having opened",
"*yišmāʿ*": "hears/listens/obeys"
}
}