Isaiah 7:16
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.7.16", "source": "כִּ֠י בְּטֶ֨רֶם יֵדַ֥ע הַנַּ֛עַר מָאֹ֥ס בָּרָ֖ע וּבָחֹ֣ר בַּטּ֑וֹב תֵּעָזֵ֤ב הָאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה קָ֔ץ מִפְּנֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י מְלָכֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "For *bəṭerem* *yēḏaʿ* the-*naʿar* *māʾōs* in-the-*rāʿ* and-*bāḥōr* in-the-good, *tēʿāzēḇ* the-*ʾăḏāmāh* which you *qāṣ* from-before two *məlāḵeyhā*.", "grammar": { "*bəṭerem*": "preposition with adverb - before", "*yēḏaʿ*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows", "*naʿar*": "noun, masculine singular - boy/youth/lad", "*māʾōs*": "infinitive construct - to refuse/reject", "*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad", "*bāḥōr*": "infinitive construct - to choose", "*tēʿāzēḇ*": "imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, Niphal - it will be abandoned/forsaken", "*ʾăḏāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - land/ground/soil", "*qāṣ*": "participle, masculine singular - dreading/loathing", "*məlāḵeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her kings" }, "variants": { "*bəṭerem*": "before/ere", "*yēḏaʿ*": "he knows/he understands", "*naʿar*": "boy/youth/lad/child", "*māʾōs*": "to refuse/to reject/to despise", "*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/wrong", "*bāḥōr*": "to choose/to select", "*tēʿāzēḇ*": "will be abandoned/will be forsaken/will be left", "*ʾăḏāmāh*": "land/ground/soil/earth", "*qāṣ*": "dreading/loathing/abhoring" } }