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How בְעֵינָ֜יו Works in Isaiah 6:10
A focused form insight on Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular in Isaiah 6:10.
Focused term בְעֵינָ֜יו ḇə·‘ê·nāw H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Isaiah 6:10 - BSB
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
The Question
How does בְעֵינָ֜יו function in Isaiah 6:10?
Short Answer
בְעֵינָ֜יו is a Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular in Isaiah 6:10. The form clarifies that "with their eyes" belongs to Isaiah 6:10's seeing clause, coordinated with ears and heart as the verse warns about perception, response, turning, and healing.
What the Form Is Doing
בְעֵינָ֜יו appears in Isaiah 6:10 as a Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular. The prefixed bet marks the eyes as the means or sphere of seeing, and the suffixed noun ties those eyes to the same collective people addressed in the verse.
The prefixed bet places the eyes phrase inside the act of seeing, while the third-person suffix points back to the people treated collectively in the warning. The form belongs with the ears, heart, understanding, turning, and healing language in the same sentence.
Why It Matters for Interpretation
The form clarifies that "with their eyes" belongs to Isaiah 6:10's seeing clause, coordinated with ears and heart as the verse warns about perception, response, turning, and healing.
The form is part of Isaiah 6:10's perception warning and directly shapes the seeing phrase.
Translation Effect
The prefixed bet and suffixed noun directly support the English phrase "with their eyes."
The form guide should support the public Bible reading, not replace it with a private rendering.
What It Does Not Prove
Do not use this eyes form alone to define all spiritual blindness, judgment, or healing. The form identifies one prepositional perception phrase inside Isaiah 6:10.
Grammar should serve context, not override it.
Do not make the third-person singular suffix deny the collective people in context.
Evidence from the Form Guide
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:10 links the English rendering "with their eyes" with the Hebrew surface in the source row, Strong's H5869, and the morphology tag Prep-b | N-cdc | 3ms.
When teaching Isaiah 6:10, use this form to show that "with their eyes" is not a loose body-part detail. It identifies the seeing side of the verse's coordinated perception warning.
What It Does Not Prove
- Do not use this eyes form alone to define all spiritual blindness, judgment, or healing. The form identifies one prepositional perception phrase inside Isaiah 6:10.
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the third-person singular suffix deny the collective people in context.
- Do not use the prefixed bet by itself to build a doctrine of spiritual perception.