Isaiah 35:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֥ז תִּפָּקַ֖חְנָה עֵינֵ֣י עִוְרִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י חֵרְשִׁ֖ים תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃

Transliteration

ʾāz tippāqạḥnāh ʿênê ʿiwrîm wə-ʾoznê ḥēršîm tippātạḥnāh

Grammar Details

• *ʾāz*: adverb - then
• *tippāqạḥnāh*: imperfect, 3rd feminine plural, Niphal - will be opened
• *ʿênê*: feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *ʿiwrîm*: masculine plural adjective - blind
• *wə*-*ʾoznê*: conjunction + feminine dual construct - and ears of
• *ḥēršîm*: masculine plural adjective - deaf
• *tippātạḥnāh*: imperfect, 3rd feminine plural, Niphal - will be opened

Word Meanings

• *tippāqạḥnāh*: will be opened/unsealed
• *tippātạḥnāh*: will be opened/unstopped/unblocked

Referenced Verses

• Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blynde shall see, euen out of the cloude, and out of darknesse.
• Isa 32:3-4 : 3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede. 4 The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge, and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly.
• Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the Lorde haue called thee in righteousnesse, and wyll holde thee by the hande, and wyll also defende thee, and geue thee for a couenaunt of the people, to be the light of the gentiles. 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house.
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lorde God hath geuen me a well learned tongue, so that I can comfort them that are troubled, yea & that in due season: he wakeneth mine eare vp betymes in the mornyng, betymes in the mornyng I say he wyll waken mine eare, that I might hearke as to the schoolemaisters.
• Luke 7:20-23 : 20 When the men were come vnto hym, they sayde, Iohn Baptiste sent vs vnto thee, saying: Art thou he that shoulde come, or shall we loke for another? 21 And in that same houre, he cured manye of their infirmities & plagues, and of euyll spirites, and vnto many that were blynde, he gaue sight. 22 Then Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Go your way, and bryng worde agayne to Iohn, what thynges ye haue seene and hearde, howe that the blynde see, the halt go, the lepers are clensed, the deafe heare, the dead ryse agayne, to the poore is the Gospell preached, 23 And happy is he, that is not offended at me.
• John 9:39 : 39 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde, that they which see not, myght see: and that they which see, myght be made blynde.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them.
• Matt 11:3-5 : 3 Art thou he that shoulde come? or do we loke for another? 4 Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them: Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene. 5 The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell.
• Matt 12:22 : 22 Then was brought to him one possessed with a deuyll, blinde, and dumbe: and he healed him, insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and sawe.
• Matt 20:30-34 : 30 And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs. 31 And the people rebuked them, because they should holde their peace. But they cryed the more, saying: haue mercy on vs, O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid. 32 And Iesus stode styll, & called them, and sayde: what wyll ye that I shall do vnto you? 33 They saye vnto hym? Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 So Iesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediatly theyr eyes receaued syght. And they folowed hym.
• Matt 21:14 : 14 And the blynde and the halt came to hym in the temple, and he healed them.
• Mark 7:32-37 : 32 And they brought vnto hym one that was deafe, and had an impediment in his speache: and they prayed him to put his hande vpon hym. 33 And when he had taken hym asyde from the people, he put his fyngers into his cares, and dyd spyt, and touched his tongue, 34 And loked vp to heauen, and syghed, and sayde vnto him Ephphatha, that is to say, be opened. 35 And straightway his eares were opened, and the stryng of his tongue was loosed, and he spake playne. 36 And he commaunded them, that they shoulde tell no man: But the more he forbad them, so much the more a great deale they published it. 37 And were beyonde measure astonyed, saying: He hath done all thynges well, he hath made both the deafe to heare, and the dumbe to speake.
• Mark 8:22-25 : 22 And he came to Bethsaida, & they brought a blynde man vnto hym, and desired hym to touche hym. 23 And he caught the blinde by the hand, and led him out of the towne: and whe he had spyt in his eyes, & put his handes vpon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he loked vp, & saide, I see men: for I perceiue the walke as they were trees. 25 After that, he put his handes agayne vpon his eyes, & made hym see: And he was restored, & saw euery man clearely.
• Mark 9:25-26 : 25 When Iesus sawe that the people came runnyng together, he rebuked the foule spirite, saying vnto hym: Thou dumbe and deafe spirite, I charge thee come out of hym, and enter no more into hym. 26 And the spirite, when he had cryed and rent him sore, came out of hym: and he was as one that had ben dead, insomuch that many sayde, he is dead.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 The spirite of the Lord vpon me, because he hath annoynted me, to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me, to heale the broken hearted, to preache deliueraunce to the captiue, & recouering of syght to the blynde, freely to set at libertie them that are bruised:
• Isa 43:8 : 8 Bring foorth that people whiche is blinde and yet hath eyes, whiche are deafe although they haue eares.
• Isa 48:8 : 8 Moreouer, there be some wherof thou hast neither heard nor knowen, neither haue ben opened vnto thyne eares afore tyme: For I knewe that thou wouldest malitiously offende, therfore haue I called thee a transgressour, euen from thy mothers wombe.
• Exod 4:11 : 11 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumbe, or deafe, the seyng, or the blynde? Haue not I the Lorde?
• Job 33:16 : 16 He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction:
• Ps 146:8 : 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous.
• Prov 20:12 : 12 The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both.
• John 11:37 : 37 And some of them sayde: Coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man shoulde not haue dyed?
• Acts 9:17-18 : 17 And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost. 18 And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized,
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
• Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the father of glorie, may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation, in the knowledge of hym: 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened, that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng, and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes:
• John 9:1-7 : 1 And as Iesus passed by, he saw a man whiche was blynde fro his birth: 2 And his disciples asked hym, saying: Maister, who did sinne, this man, or his father and mother, that he was borne blynde? 3 Iesus aunswered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor yet his father & mother: but that the workes of God shoulde be shewed in hym. 4 I must worke the workes of him that sent me, whyle it is daye. The nyght commeth when no man can worke. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the lyght of the worlde. 6 Assoone as he had thus spoke, he spat on the grounde, and made claye of the spittle, and he annoynted with the claye the eyes of the blynde, 7 And sayde vnto hym: Go, washe thee in the poole of Siloe, whiche by interpretation, is as much to say, as sent. He went his way therefore, & washed, and came agayne, seyng.
• Jer 6:10 : 10 But vnto whom shall I speake? whom shall I warne that he may take heede? Their eares are so vncircumcised, that they may not heare: beholde, they take the worde of God but for a scorne, and haue no lust therto.
• Matt 9:27-30 : 27 And when Iesus departed thence, two blynde men folowed hym, crying, and saying: O thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on vs. 28 And whe he was come into the house, the blynde came to hym. And Iesus sayth vnto them: Beleue ye that I am able to do this? They sayde vnto hym, yea Lorde. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying: Accordyng to your fayth, be it vnto you. 30 And their eyes were opened. And Iesus straytly charged them, saying: see that no man knowe of it.