יְחַלֵּ֣ק (yə·ḥal·lêq) in Isaiah 53:12: Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Piel

Imperf

Third

Masculine

Singular

Not applicable

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The third-person Piel imperfect shifts the subject from the divine I to the Servant: he will divide the spoils with the strong. That subject contrast distinguishes granted vindication from the Servant's sharing of victory.

The third-person form presents the vindicated Servant as the one who distributes the spoils rather than merely receiving an allotment.

The Servant's promised division of spoils with the strong

The same therefore-and-because sentence that interprets victory through poured-out life, sin-bearing, and intercession

The third-person form presents the vindicated Servant as the one who distributes the spoils rather than merely receiving an allotment.

The spoils image does not authorize conquest, promise personal wealth, or let the Piel stem define the nature of the Servant's victory by itself.

High: The third-person form marks the Servant as distributor of the victory that follows his poured-out life and intercession.

The third-person Piel imperfect shifts the subject from the divine I to the Servant: he will divide the spoils with the strong. That subject contrast distinguishes granted vindication from the Servant's sharing of victory.. The third-person form presents the vindicated Servant as the one who distributes the spoils rather than merely receiving an allotment.. Attached to the Servant's promised division of spoils with the strong. Governed by the same therefore-and-because sentence that interprets victory through poured-out life, sin-bearing, and intercession. The spoils image does not authorize conquest, promise personal wealth, or let the Piel stem define the nature of the Servant's victory by itself.

What subject change occurs at and He will divide in Isaiah 53:12? The subject shifts to the Servant, who divides the spoils with the strong after the divine speaker allots him a portion.

Direct: And He will divide conveys the third-person subject and future promise, while the surrounding phrase supplies the spoils and those with whom they are shared.

The third-person ending marks a subject change, but the Servant's identity comes from the whole song rather than the ending alone. Spoils is victory imagery in this context and should not be flattened into a promise of financial gain.

V-Piel-Imperf-3ms at Isaiah 53:12 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not use the Piel imperfect or spoils imagery to preach material prosperity, violence, or victory detached from the Servant's self-offering. the English rendering "and He will divide" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "and He will divide" connected to יְחַלֵּ֣ק, row 5, and the full Isaiah 53:12 clause.

The Isaiah 53:12 BSB+ word-table row 5 anchors יְחַלֵּ֣ק as H2505, V-Piel-Imperf-3ms, for the rendering "and He will divide."

For h2505-isaiah-53-12-v-piel-imperf-3ms, חָלַק is the lemma behind "and He will divide" at row 5; this exact token keeps H2505 tied to Isaiah 53:12.

The third-person Piel imperfect shifts the subject from the divine I to the Servant: he will divide the spoils with the strong. That subject contrast distinguishes granted vindication from the Servant's sharing of victory.

Isaiah 53:12 depicts the Servant's triumph through the language of shared spoils, but the verse grounds that triumph in his voluntary death, bearing of many's sin, and intercession.

The division of spoils belongs to Isaiah 53's paradox of victory through suffering; the grammar supports the subject and action without completing the song's theology alone.

Contrast I will allot with He will divide, then let the verse's suffering clauses explain what kind of victory the Servant receives and shares.

Do not use the Piel imperfect or spoils imagery to preach material prosperity, violence, or victory detached from the Servant's self-offering.