Isaiah 63:8
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.63.8", "source": "וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַךְ־עַמִּ֣י הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃", "text": "And he *yōʾmer*, surely *ʿammî* *hēmmāh*, *bānîm* not *yĕšaqqērû*, and he *wayĕhî* for them as *môšîaʿ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾaḵ*": "adverb - surely/only/indeed", "*ʿammî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people", "*hēmmāh*": "3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they", "*bānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - children/sons", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yĕšaqqērû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will deal falsely", "*wayĕhî*": "conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he became", "*lāhem*": "preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them", "*lĕmôšîaʿ*": "preposition lamed + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - as a savior" }, "variants": { "*yōʾmer*": "he said/he thought/he commanded", "*ʿammî*": "my people/my nation", "*yĕšaqqērû*": "they will deal falsely/they will deceive/they will be faithless", "*môšîaʿ*": "savior/deliverer/rescuer" } }