1{
"verseID": "Isaiah.55.1",
"source": "הוֹי כָּל־צָמֵא לְכוּ לַמַּיִם וַאֲשֶׁר אֵין־לוֹ כָּסֶף לְכוּ שִׁבְרוּ וֶאֱכֹלוּ וּלְכוּ שִׁבְרוּ בְּלוֹא־כֶסֶף וּבְלוֹא מְחִיר יַיִן וְחָלָב",
"text": "*Hôy* all-*ṣāmēʾ* *lĕkû* to-the-*mayim* and-*ʾăšer* *ʾēyn*-to-him *kāsep̄* *lĕkû* *šiḇrû* and-*ʾĕḵōlû* and-*lĕkû* *šiḇrû* in-not-*ḵesep̄* and-in-not *mĕḥîr* *yayin* and-*ḥālāḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*Hôy*": "interjection - Ho!/Ah!/Alas!",
"*ṣāmēʾ*": "adjective, masculine singular - thirsty",
"*lĕkû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - go/come",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural construct - waters",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that",
"*ʾēyn*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*kāsep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - silver/money",
"*šiḇrû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - buy/purchase (lit: break)",
"*ʾĕḵōlû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - eat",
"*ḵesep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - silver/money",
"*mĕḥîr*": "noun, masculine singular - price/payment",
"*yayin*": "noun, masculine singular - wine",
"*ḥālāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - milk"
},
"variants": {
"*Hôy*": "ho/ah/alas/woe",
"*šiḇrû*": "buy/break/purchase/acquire",
"*ṣāmēʾ*": "thirsty one/thirsting",
"*ʾēyn*": "there is not/absence of"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Isaiah.55.2",
"source": "לָמָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ־כֶסֶף בְּלוֹא־לֶחֶם וִיגִיעֲכֶם בְּלוֹא לְשָׂבְעָה שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ אֵלַי וְאִכְלוּ־טוֹב וְתִתְעַנַּג בַּדֶּשֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶם",
"text": "*Lāmmâ* *tišqĕlû*-*ḵesep̄* in-not-*leḥem* and-*yĕḡîʿăḵem* in-not to-*śāḇĕʿâ* *šimʿû* *šāmôaʿ* to-me and-*ʾiḵlû*-*ṭôḇ* and-*tiṯʿannaḡ* in-the-*dešen* *nap̄šĕḵem*",
"grammar": {
"*Lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why/for what reason",
"*tišqĕlû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you weigh out",
"*ḵesep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - silver/money",
"*leḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread/food",
"*yĕḡîʿăḵem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your labor/toil",
"*śāḇĕʿâ*": "noun, feminine singular - satisfaction/fullness",
"*šimʿû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - listen/hear",
"*šāmôaʿ*": "verb, qal infinitive absolute - hearing/listening (intensifier)",
"*ʾiḵlû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - eat",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*tiṯʿannaḡ*": "verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will delight itself",
"*dešen*": "noun, masculine singular - fatness/abundance/rich food",
"*nap̄šĕḵem*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your soul"
},
"variants": {
"*Lāmmâ*": "why/for what purpose/for what reason",
"*yĕḡîʿăḵem*": "your labor/toil/work/earnings",
"*šāmôaʿ*": "infinitive absolute serving as emphasis",
"*dešen*": "fatness/abundance/rich food/luxury",
"*nap̄šĕḵem*": "your soul/life/self/being/desire"
}
}