אֲחַלֶּק־ (’ă·ḥal·leq-) in Isaiah 53:12: Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
אֲחַלֶּק־ (’ă·ḥal·leq-) in Isaiah 53:12
Source Word
The Isaiah 53:12 BSB+ word-table row 2 anchors אֲחַלֶּק־ as H2505, V-Piel-Imperf-1cs, for the rendering "I will allot Him a portion."
How The Form Affects Interpretation
I will allot Him a portion makes the divine speaker the agent of vindication and keeps the Servant's reward tied to the because-clauses that recount his costly service. I will allot Him a portion directly represents the first-person subject and the future-facing promise in the opening clause.
How To Communicate It
Mark the first-person I, then follow the therefore and because clauses so vindication remains God's response to the Servant's suffering work.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not turn the Piel imperfect into a material-reward promise or separate the Servant's allotted portion from his death, sin-bearing, and intercession.
- The first-person ending identifies the speaker, while the identity and full force of the portion come from the song's literary context.
- The Piel imperfect does not turn the portion into a prosperity formula or define the reward apart from Isaiah 53's suffering-and-vindication movement.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Piel
Imperf
First
Common
Singular
Not applicable
None
The first-person Piel imperfect gives the opening allotment to the divine speaker: I will assign the Servant a portion with the great. The subject change matters because the next division clause has the Servant as subject.
The first-person form presents the speaker as the one who grants the Servant his victorious portion because of the suffering work recounted in the verse.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The divine declaration allotting the Servant a portion with the great
The therefore statement that grounds the Servant's vindication in his self-offering, identification with transgressors, sin-bearing, and intercession
The first-person form presents the speaker as the one who grants the Servant his victorious portion because of the suffering work recounted in the verse.
The Piel imperfect does not turn the portion into a prosperity formula or define the reward apart from Isaiah 53's suffering-and-vindication movement.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The first-person form identifies the divine speaker as the one who vindicates the Servant after his suffering work.
The first-person Piel imperfect gives the opening allotment to the divine speaker: I will assign the Servant a portion with the great. The subject change matters because the next division clause has the Servant as subject.. The first-person form presents the speaker as the one who grants the Servant his victorious portion because of the suffering work recounted in the verse.. Attached to the divine declaration allotting the Servant a portion with the great. Governed by the therefore statement that grounds the Servant's vindication in his self-offering, identification with transgressors, sin-bearing, and intercession. The Piel imperfect does not turn the portion into a prosperity formula or define the reward apart from Isaiah 53's suffering-and-vindication movement.
Who grants the portion in Isaiah 53:12, and why does the verse say it is granted? The divine speaker grants the Servant a portion because he poured out his life, bore sin, and interceded for transgressors.
Direct: I will allot Him a portion directly represents the first-person subject and the future-facing promise in the opening clause.
The first-person ending identifies the speaker, while the identity and full force of the portion come from the song's literary context. With the great may describe the company or status of the Servant's portion; the verb form alone does not decide every detail.
V-Piel-Imperf-1cs at Isaiah 53:12 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not turn the Piel imperfect into a material-reward promise or separate the Servant's allotted portion from his death, sin-bearing, and intercession. the English rendering "I will allot Him a portion" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "I will allot Him a portion" connected to אֲחַלֶּק־, row 2, and the full Isaiah 53:12 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Isaiah 53:12 BSB+ word-table row 2 anchors אֲחַלֶּק־ as H2505, V-Piel-Imperf-1cs, for the rendering "I will allot Him a portion."
For h2505-isaiah-53-12-v-piel-imperf-1cs, חָלַק is the lemma behind "I will allot Him a portion" at row 2; this exact token keeps H2505 tied to Isaiah 53:12.
The first-person Piel imperfect gives the opening allotment to the divine speaker: I will assign the Servant a portion with the great. The subject change matters because the next division clause has the Servant as subject.
Isaiah 53:12 moves from the Servant's poured-out life and solidarity with transgressors to divine vindication: the speaker grants him a portion with the great.
The allotment belongs to the Servant song's pattern of humiliation followed by vindication; fuller messianic claims require the whole song and its canonical reception.
Mark the first-person I, then follow the therefore and because clauses so vindication remains God's response to the Servant's suffering work.
Do not turn the Piel imperfect into a material-reward promise or separate the Servant's allotted portion from his death, sin-bearing, and intercession.