17{
"verseID": "Isaiah.63.17",
"source": "לָ֣מָּה תַתְעֵ֤נוּ יְהוָה֙ מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ לִבֵּ֖נוּ מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ שׁ֚וּב לְמַ֣עַן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ שִׁבְטֵ֖י נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "Why *tatʿēnû* *YHWH* from your *dĕrāḵeḵā*? Why *taqšîaḥ* our *libbēnû* from your *yirʾāteḵā*? *šûb* for the sake of your *ʿăbādeḵā*, the *šibṭê* your *naḥălāteḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*lāmmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*tatʿēnû*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - you make us err",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*middĕrāḵeḵā*": "preposition min + noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your ways",
"*taqšîaḥ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you harden",
"*libbēnû*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - our heart",
"*miyyirʾāteḵā*": "preposition min + noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from fear of you",
"*šûb*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - return",
"*lĕmaʿan*": "preposition - for the sake of",
"*ʿăbādeḵā*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*šibṭê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of",
"*naḥălāteḵā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance"
},
"variants": {
"*tatʿēnû*": "you make us err/you cause us to wander/you lead us astray",
"*dĕrāḵeḵā*": "your ways/your paths",
"*taqšîaḥ*": "you harden/you make insensitive",
"*libbēnû*": "our heart/our mind",
"*yirʾāteḵā*": "fear of you/reverence for you",
"*šûb*": "return/turn back/restore",
"*ʿăbādeḵā*": "your servants/your slaves",
"*šibṭê*": "tribes/rods",
"*naḥălāteḵā*": "your inheritance/your possession"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Isaiah.63.18",
"source": "לַמִּצְעָ֕ר יָרְשׁ֖וּ עַם־קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ צָרֵ֕ינוּ בּוֹסְס֖וּ מִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ׃",
"text": "For *lammiṣʿār* they *yārĕšû*, *ʿam*-your *qodšeḵā*; our *ṣārênû* *bôsĕsû* your *miqdāšeḵā*.",
"grammar": {
"*lammiṣʿār*": "preposition lamed + article + noun, masculine singular - for a little while",
"*yārĕšû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they possessed",
"*ʿam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - people of",
"*qodšeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your holiness",
"*ṣārênû*": "Qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person plural suffix - our adversaries",
"*bôsĕsû*": "Polel perfect, 3rd person common plural - they have trampled",
"*miqdāšeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sanctuary"
},
"variants": {
"*miṣʿār*": "a little while/a small amount/briefly",
"*yārĕšû*": "possessed/inherited/dispossessed",
"*ʿam-qodšeḵā*": "your holy people/people of your sanctuary",
"*ṣārênû*": "our adversaries/our enemies/our foes",
"*bôsĕsû*": "trampled/trod down/trampled underfoot",
"*miqdāšeḵā*": "your sanctuary/your holy place"
}
}