21{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.21",
"source": "הֲל֤וֹא תֵֽדְעוּ֙ הֲל֣וֹא תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ הֲל֛וֹא הֻגַּ֥ד מֵרֹ֖אשׁ לָכֶ֑ם הֲלוֹא֙ הֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔ם מוֹסְד֖וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*hălôʾ tēdʿû hălôʾ tišmāʿû hălôʾ huggad mērōʾš lākem hălôʾ hăbînōtem môsědôt hāʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'will you not'",
"*tēdʿû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'know'",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'will you not'",
"*tišmāʿû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'hear'",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'has not'",
"*huggad*": "hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'been told'",
"*mērōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'from beginning'",
"*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'to you'",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have you not'",
"*hăbînōtem*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'understood'",
"*môsědôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'foundations of'",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'"
},
"variants": {
"*tēdʿû*": "will you know/do you know",
"*tišmāʿû*": "will you hear/do you hear",
"*huggad mērōʾš*": "been told from the beginning/been declared from the start",
"*hăbînōtem*": "understood/comprehended",
"*môsědôt hāʾāreṣ*": "foundations of the earth/foundations of the land"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Isaiah.40.22",
"source": "הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם כָּאֹ֖הֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת׃",
"text": "*hayyōšēb ʿal-ḥûg hāʾāreṣ wěyōšěbêhā kaḥăgābîm hanôṭeh kadōq šāmayim wayyimtāḥēm kāʾōhel lāšābet*",
"grammar": {
"*hayyōšēb*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - 'the one sitting'",
"*ʿal-ḥûg*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'upon circle of'",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'",
"*wěyōšěbêhā*": "conjunction + qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'and its inhabitants'",
"*kaḥăgābîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - 'like grasshoppers'",
"*hanôṭeh*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - 'the one stretching out'",
"*kadōq*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like a curtain'",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - 'heavens'",
"*wayyimtāḥēm*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'and he spreads them'",
"*kāʾōhel*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like a tent'",
"*lāšābet*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to dwell'"
},
"variants": {
"*hayyōšēb ʿal-ḥûg*": "who sits upon the circle/who sits above the vault",
"*ḥûg*": "circle/vault/horizon",
"*kaḥăgābîm*": "like grasshoppers/like locusts",
"*hanôṭeh*": "who stretches out/who spreads",
"*dōq*": "curtain/thin cloth",
"*wayyimtāḥēm*": "and spreads them out/and extends them",
"*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling"
}
}