3{
"verseID": "Isaiah.57.3",
"source": "וְאַתֶּ֥ם קִרְבוּ־הֵ֖נָּה בְּנֵ֣י עֹנְנָ֑ה זֶ֥רַע מְנָאֵ֖ף וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾattem* *qirbû-hēnnāh* *bənê* *ʿōnənāh* *zeraʿ* *mənāʾēp* *wattizneh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾattem*": "conjunctive waw + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you",
"*qirbû-hēnnāh*": "qal imperative, masculine plural + adverb - draw near here",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - sons of",
"*ʿōnənāh*": "feminine noun from root related to divination/sorcery",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - seed/offspring of",
"*mənāʾēp*": "piel participle, masculine, singular - one who commits adultery",
"*wattizneh*": "conjunctive waw + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and she prostituted herself"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōnənāh*": "sorceress/female diviner/witch",
"*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendant/posterity",
"*mənāʾēp*": "adulterer/one who commits adultery",
"*wattizneh*": "and she played the harlot/committed fornication/was unfaithful"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Isaiah.57.4",
"source": "עַל־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל־מִ֛י תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ פֶ֖ה תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ לָשׁ֑וֹן הֲלֽוֹא־אַתֶּ֥ם יִלְדֵי־פֶ֖שַׁע זֶ֥רַע שָֽׁקֶר׃",
"text": "*ʿal-mî* *titʿannāgû* *ʿal-mî* *tarḥîbû* *peh* *taʾărîḵû* *lāšôn* *hălôʾ-ʾattem* *yildê-pešaʿ* *zeraʿ* *šāqer*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʿal-mî*": "preposition + interrogative pronoun - against whom",
"*titʿannāgû*": "hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make yourselves sport/delight yourselves",
"*tarḥîbû*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make wide/open wide",
"*peh*": "noun, masculine, singular - mouth",
"*taʾărîḵû*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make long/extend",
"*lāšôn*": "noun, feminine, singular - tongue",
"*hălôʾ-ʾattem*": "interrogative particle + negation + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - are you not",
"*yildê-pešaʿ*": "noun, masculine, plural construct + noun - children of transgression",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - seed of",
"*šāqer*": "noun, masculine, singular - falsehood/lie"
},
"variants": {
"*titʿannāgû*": "amuse yourselves/mock/delight yourselves/make sport",
"*tarḥîbû*": "open wide/enlarge/make wide",
"*taʾărîḵû*": "stick out/extend/prolong",
"*pešaʿ*": "transgression/rebellion/sin",
"*šāqer*": "falsehood/deception/lie"
}
}