Isaiah 6:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּגַּ֣ע עַל־פִּ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה נָגַ֥ע זֶ֖ה עַל־שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ וְסָ֣ר עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ וְחַטָּאתְךָ֖ תְּכֻפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

Wayyaggaʿ upon pî wayyōʾmer hinnēh nāgaʿ this upon śəp̄āteykā wəsār ʿăwōnekā wəḥaṭṭāʾtəkā təkuppār.

Grammar Details

*Wayyaggaʿ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he touched/caused to touch
*pî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth
*wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*nāgaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has touched
*śəp̄āteykā*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lips
*wəsār*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and is/has departed
*ʿăwōnekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your iniquity
*wəḥaṭṭāʾtəkā*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your sin
*təkuppār*: pual imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is/will be atoned for

Word Meanings

*nāgaʿ*: touch/reach/strike
*hinnēh*: behold/see/look
*śəp̄ātayim*: lips/speech/language
*sûr*: depart/turn aside/be removed
*ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin/sin offering/purification
*kāp̄ar*: atone/cover/pacify/purge

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Referenced Verses

Jer 1:9 : 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
Dan 10:16 : 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.
Isa 53:5 : 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
1 John 1:7 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus {G5547} his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
Matt 9:2 : 2 And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.
Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

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