Isaiah 66:9
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.66.9", "source": "הַאֲנִ֥י אַשְׁבִּ֛יר וְלֹ֥א אוֹלִ֖יד יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם־אֲנִ֧י הַמּוֹלִ֛יד וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ ס", "text": "*haʾănî* *ʾašbîr* and-not *ʾôlîḏ*? *yōʾmar* *YHWH*; if-I *hammôlîḏ* and-*ʿāṣartî*? *ʾāmar* *ʾĕlōhāyiḵ*.", "grammar": { "*ha-ʾănî*": "interrogative particle + pronoun, 1st person singular - shall I", "*ʾašbîr*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to break", "*wĕ-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾôlîḏ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to bring forth", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he says", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʾim-ʾănî*": "conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - if I", "*ha-môlîḏ*": "article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one who causes to bring forth", "*wĕ-ʿāṣartî*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I restrain", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said", "*ʾĕlōhāyiḵ*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your God" }, "variants": { "*ʾašbîr*": "I cause to break/bring to birth/open the womb", "*ʾôlîḏ*": "I cause to bring forth/beget/bear", "*yōʾmar*": "he says/speaks/declares", "*hammôlîḏ*": "the one who brings forth/begets/generates", "*ʿāṣartî*": "I restrain/hold back/shut up", "*ʾāmar*": "he said/spoke/declared", "*ʾĕlōhāyiḵ*": "your God/deity (plural form with singular meaning)" } }