Isaiah 55:10
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.55.10", "source": "כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵרֵד הַגֶּשֶׁם וְהַשֶּׁלֶג מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְשָׁמָּה לֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי אִם־הִרְוָה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהוֹלִידָהּ וְהִצְמִיחָהּ וְנָתַן זֶרַע לַזֹּרֵעַ וְלֶחֶם לָאֹכֵל", "text": "Because as-*ʾăšer* *yērēḏ* the-*gešem* and-the-*šeleḡ* from-the-*šāmayim* and-there not *yāšûḇ* because if-*hirwâ* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾāreṣ* and-*hôlîḏāh* and-*hiṣmîḥāh* and-*nāṯan* *zeraʿ* to-the-*zōrēaʿ* and-*leḥem* to-the-*ʾōḵēl*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that", "*yērēḏ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - comes down", "*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain", "*šeleḡ*": "noun, masculine singular - snow", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - heavens", "*yāšûḇ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - returns", "*hirwâ*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - waters/makes drink", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*hôlîḏāh*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - causes it to bring forth", "*hiṣmîḥāh*": "verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - causes it to sprout", "*nāṯan*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - gives", "*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - seed", "*zōrēaʿ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sower", "*leḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread/food", "*ʾōḵēl*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - eater" }, "variants": { "*yērēḏ*": "comes down/descends", "*hirwâ*": "waters/saturates/drenches", "*hôlîḏāh*": "causes it to bring forth/makes it bear/produces from it", "*hiṣmîḥāh*": "causes it to sprout/makes it grow/brings forth vegetation from it", "*nāṯan*": "gives/provides/supplies", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring", "*zōrēaʿ*": "sower/planter", "*leḥem*": "bread/food", "*ʾōḵēl*": "eater/one who eats" } }