27{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.27",
"source": "לָ֤מָּה תֹאמַר֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וּתְדַבֵּ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִסְתְּרָ֤ה דַרְכִּי֙ מֵֽיְהוָ֔ה וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖י מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י יַעֲבֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*lāmmāh tōʾmar yaʿăqōb ûtědabbēr yiśrāʾēl nistěrāh darkî mêYHWH ûmēʾĕlōhay mišpāṭî yaʿăbôr*",
"grammar": {
"*lāmmāh*": "interrogative adverb - 'why'",
"*tōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'do you say'",
"*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - 'Jacob'",
"*ûtědabbēr*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'and speak'",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - 'Israel'",
"*nistěrāh*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - 'is hidden'",
"*darkî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my way'",
"*mêYHWH*": "preposition + divine name - 'from the LORD'",
"*ûmēʾĕlōhay*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'and from my God'",
"*mišpāṭî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my justice'",
"*yaʿăbôr*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'passes by'"
},
"variants": {
"*lāmmāh tōʾmar*": "why do you say/why would you say",
"*ûtědabbēr*": "and speak/and declare",
"*nistěrāh darkî*": "my way is hidden/my path is concealed",
"*mišpāṭî yaʿăbôr*": "my justice passes by/my right is disregarded/my cause is ignored"
}
}
28{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.28",
"source": "הֲל֨וֹא יָדַ֜עְתָּ אִם־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֱלֹהֵ֨י עוֹלָ֤ם ׀ יְהוָה֙ בּוֹרֵא֙ קְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִיעַ֖ף וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין חֵ֖קֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*hălôʾ yādaʿtā ʾim-lōʾ šāmaʿtā ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām YHWH bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*",
"grammar": {
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have you not'",
"*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'known'",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'if not'",
"*šāmaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'heard'",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - 'eternity'",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - 'LORD'",
"*bôrēʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular construct - 'Creator of'",
"*qěṣôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'ends of'",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - 'not'",
"*yîʿap*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'faints'",
"*wělōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'and not'",
"*yîgāʿ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'grows weary'",
"*ʾên*": "negative particle - 'there is no'",
"*ḥēqer*": "noun, masculine singular - 'searching out'",
"*litbûnātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'for his understanding'"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām*": "everlasting God/eternal God",
"*bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ*": "Creator of the ends of the earth/Maker of the earth's farthest bounds",
"*lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ*": "does not faint or grow weary/never tires or becomes exhausted",
"*ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*": "there is no searching of his understanding/his understanding is unsearchable"
}
}