בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ (bə·ḏa‘·tōw) in Isaiah 53:11: Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ (bə·ḏa‘·tōw) in Isaiah 53:11
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:11, the Isaiah 53:11 source token בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ is H1847, Prep-b | N-fsc | 3ms. The H1847 Isaiah 53:11 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
By His knowledge represents the beth phrase, construct noun, and masculine suffix, while retaining an interpretive relation that needs context. Isaiah places knowledge within the Servant's effective work of justifying many, after His suffering and before the statement that He bears their iniquities.
How To Communicate It
Name the phrase's grammatical pieces, acknowledge the relational ambiguity, and let the full verse show that the Servant's saving work is both knowing and sin-bearing.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use the suffix alone to settle the subjective or objective force of knowledge, and do not separate justification from the Servant who bears iniquities.
- The suffix is formally third masculine singular, but syntax and discourse must identify its referent.
- Read By His knowledge within Isaiah 53:11 as the H1847 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Not applicable
Not applicable
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Feminine
Singular
Construct
Beth preposition
Third person Masculine Singular
This nominal form has no verbal aspect; its interpretive work lies in the attached preposition, construct relation, and suffix.
The prefixed beth and construct noun form a relational phrase, while the third masculine singular suffix supplies its personal reference.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The clause in which the Lord's righteous Servant will justify many
The result statement following the Servant's anguish, sight of life, and satisfaction
The beth preposition introduces a means or relation, the construct noun names knowledge, and the masculine suffix links that knowledge to him.
The suffix does not by itself decide every interpretive question about whether the phrase means His knowledge or knowledge of Him.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: Isaiah places knowledge within the Servant's effective work of justifying many, after His suffering and before the statement that He bears their iniquities.
The prefixed beth and construct noun form a relational phrase, while the third masculine singular suffix supplies its personal reference.. The beth preposition introduces a means or relation, the construct noun names knowledge, and the masculine suffix links that knowledge to him.. Attached to the clause in which the Lord's righteous Servant will justify many. Governed by the result statement following the Servant's anguish, sight of life, and satisfaction. The suffix does not by itself decide every interpretive question about whether the phrase means His knowledge or knowledge of Him.
What does the attached masculine suffix contribute to the phrase by His knowledge? It gives the knowledge phrase a third-person masculine reference, while the clause and song determine how that relation should be understood.
Direct: By His knowledge represents the beth phrase, construct noun, and masculine suffix, while retaining an interpretive relation that needs context.
The suffix is formally third masculine singular, but syntax and discourse must identify its referent. The beth preposition can mark means or a broader relation, and the construct phrase permits discussion of His knowledge versus knowledge of Him.
Suffix alone settles knowledge of Him: A pronominal suffix establishes a grammatical relation but does not by itself classify that relation as subjective or objective. beth always means instrumental by: The preposition has a range of relations, so the Servant Song must control the nuance. morphology replaces literary context: The H1847 form clarifies the By His knowledge relation in Isaiah 53:11; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:11, the Isaiah 53:11 source token בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ is H1847, Prep-b | N-fsc | 3ms. The H1847 Isaiah 53:11 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
דַּעַת is the lemma behind By His knowledge here. Within Isaiah 53:11, H1847 retains this exact lexical identity.
The prefixed beth and construct noun form a relational phrase, while the third masculine singular suffix supplies its personal reference.
Isaiah places knowledge within the Servant's effective work of justifying many, after His suffering and before the statement that He bears their iniquities.
The verse contributes to the Servant Song's joined portrait of suffering, vindication, justification, and sin-bearing without making a noun form carry the whole doctrine.
Name the phrase's grammatical pieces, acknowledge the relational ambiguity, and let the full verse show that the Servant's saving work is both knowing and sin-bearing.
Do not use the suffix alone to settle the subjective or objective force of knowledge, and do not separate justification from the Servant who bears iniquities.