7 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.66.7",
"source": "בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּחִ֖יל יָלָ֑דָה בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָב֥וֹא חֵ֛בֶל לָ֖הּ וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה זָכָֽר׃",
"text": "Before *tāḥîl*, *yālāḏâ*; before *yāḇôʾ* *ḥēḇel* to-her, *wĕhimlîṭâ* *zāḵār*.",
"grammar": {
"*bĕṭerem*": "preposition - before",
"*tāḥîl*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she travails",
"*yālāḏâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she gave birth",
"*bĕṭerem*": "preposition - before",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it comes",
"*ḥēḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - pain/labor pain",
"*lāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her",
"*wĕ-himlîṭâ*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she delivered",
"*zāḵār*": "noun, masculine singular - male/man-child"
},
"variants": {
"*tāḥîl*": "she travails/labors/writhes in pain",
"*yālāḏâ*": "she gave birth/bore/delivered",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "it comes/arrives/reaches",
"*ḥēḇel*": "pain/labor pain/birth pang",
"*himlîṭâ*": "she delivered/rescued/gave birth to",
"*zāḵār*": "male/man-child/boy"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Isaiah.66.8",
"source": "מִֽי־שָׁמַ֣ע כָּזֹ֗את מִ֤י רָאָה֙ כָּאֵ֔לֶּה הֲי֤וּחַל אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד אִם־יִוָּ֥לֵֽד גּ֖וֹי פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כִּֽי־חָ֛לָה גַּם־יָלְדָ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן אֶת־בָּנֶֽיהָ׃",
"text": "Who *šāmaʿ* like-this? Who *rāʾâ* like-these? Is *hăyûḥal* *ʾereṣ* in-*yôm* *ʾeḥāḏ*? If *yiwwālēḏ* *gôy* *paʿam* *ʾeḥāt*? For *ḥālâ*, also-*yālĕḏâ* *ṣiyyôn* *ʾet*-*bānêhā*.",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*šāmaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he heard",
"*kā-zōʾt*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - like this",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*rāʾâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he saw",
"*kā-ʾēlleh*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - like these",
"*hă-yûḥal*": "interrogative particle + hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is it brought forth",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth",
"*bĕ-yôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in day",
"*ʾeḥāḏ*": "numeral, masculine singular - one",
"*ʾim-yiwwālēḏ*": "conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - if it is born",
"*gôy*": "noun, masculine singular - nation",
"*paʿam*": "noun, feminine singular - time/instance",
"*ʾeḥāt*": "numeral, feminine singular - one",
"*kî-ḥālâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - for she travailed",
"*gam-yālĕḏâ*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - also she gave birth",
"*ṣiyyôn*": "proper noun - Zion",
"*ʾet-bānêhā*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her children"
},
"variants": {
"*šāmaʿ*": "heard/listened/understood",
"*rāʾâ*": "saw/perceived/witnessed",
"*hăyûḥal*": "is brought forth/produced/generated",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/country",
"*yôm*": "day/time/period",
"*yiwwālēḏ*": "is born/brought forth",
"*gôy*": "nation/people/gentiles",
"*paʿam*": "time/instance/occurrence",
"*ḥālâ*": "travailed/labored in birth/writhed in pain",
"*yālĕḏâ*": "gave birth/bore/delivered",
"*ṣiyyôn*": "Zion (Jerusalem)",
"*bānêhā*": "her children/sons/descendants"
}
}
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)"
}
}