Isaiah 53:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־רְשָׁעִים֙ קִבְר֔וֹ וְאֶת־עָשִׁ֖יר בְּמֹתָ֑יו עַ֚ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א מִרְמָ֖ה בְּפִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And he yitten ʾet-reshaʿim his qivro, and ʾet-ʿashir in his motaw, though no ḥamas he ʿasah, and no mirmah in his piv.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yitten*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he gave/appointed
• *ʾet-reshaʿim*: direct object marker with masculine plural noun - with the wicked
• *qivro*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his grave
• *we-ʾet-ʿashir*: conjunction, direct object marker with adjective - and with the rich
• *be-motaw*: preposition with feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his deaths
• *ʿal*: preposition - although/despite
• *loʾ-ḥamas*: negative particle with masculine singular noun - no violence
• *ʿasah*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he did/committed
• *we-loʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and no
• *mirmah*: feminine singular noun - deceit/treachery
• *be-piv*: preposition with masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his mouth

Word Meanings

• *yitten*: gave/appointed/assigned
• *reshaʿim*: wicked ones/evil people/criminals
• *qivro*: his grave/his tomb/his burial place
• *ʿashir*: rich man/wealthy person
• *motaw*: his deaths (plural form possibly indicating intensity)/his death
• *ʿal*: although/despite/because
• *ḥamas*: violence/wrong/injustice
• *ʿasah*: did/committed/performed
• *mirmah*: deceit/treachery/fraud/falsehood

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:57-60 : 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
• 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
• 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
• Mark 15:43-46 : 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
• Luke 23:50-53 : 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
• John 19:38-42 : 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
• Isa 42:1-3 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
• 1 Cor 15:4 : 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;