Hebrew Form Guide

וִיד֣וּעַ (wî·ḏū·a‘) in Isaiah 53:3: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct

וִיד֣וּעַ (wî·ḏū·a‘) in Isaiah 53:3

Source Word

וִיד֣וּעַwî·ḏū·a‘Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct

At Isaiah 53:3, the Isaiah 53:3 source token וִיד֣וּעַ is H3045, Conj-w | V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-msc. The H3045 Isaiah 53:3 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

Acquainted expresses the participial characterization idiomatically, with grief supplying the sphere of familiarity. Rejection is paired with sustained familiarity with suffering, helping explain why people hide their faces and fail to value the Servant.

How To Communicate It

Read acquainted with grief as a relational characterization and keep it alongside man of sorrows, rejection, and the song's later vindication.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not treat the root know as a secret-code claim about omniscience, and do not use passive-participle terminology to identify an unnamed agent.
  • The rare passive participial analysis should be handled modestly; the clause clearly describes familiarity with suffering.
  • Read acquainted within Isaiah 53:3 as the H3045 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.

What Does The Label Mean?

Profile

Hebrew-verb

Part of Speech

Verb

Form Label

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct

Stem

Qal

Aspect

QalPassPrtcpl

Person

Not applicable

Gender

Masculine

Number

Singular

State

Construct

Attached Prefixes

Waw conjunction

Suffix

None

Aspect Note

A participle presents an enduring characterization rather than locating a single completed act of knowing.

Verse Role

The participial form agrees with the masculine singular Servant and stands in a close relation with the following noun grief.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

With grief in the description a man of sorrows

Governed By

The Servant's rejection, suffering, and the observers' refusal to esteem Him

Role In The Phrase

The waw joins another description, and the masculine singular passive participial form portrays the Servant as deeply familiar with grief.

What It Is Not Doing

The participle does not claim that grief exhausts His identity, and this occurrence is not a statement about abstract omniscience.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: Rejection is paired with sustained familiarity with suffering, helping explain why people hide their faces and fail to value the Servant.

Syntax Profile

The participial form agrees with the masculine singular Servant and stands in a close relation with the following noun grief.. The waw joins another description, and the masculine singular passive participial form portrays the Servant as deeply familiar with grief.. Attached to with grief in the description a man of sorrows. Governed by the Servant's rejection, suffering, and the observers' refusal to esteem Him. The participle does not claim that grief exhausts His identity, and this occurrence is not a statement about abstract omniscience.

Reader Question

What does the participial form contribute to acquainted with grief? It characterizes the Servant as one marked by sustained familiarity with suffering rather than reporting only one moment of pain.

Translation Effect

Direct: Acquainted expresses the participial characterization idiomatically, with grief supplying the sphere of familiarity.

Where Caution Is Needed

The rare passive participial analysis should be handled modestly; the clause clearly describes familiarity with suffering. The construct-style relation links the participle closely to grief without making grammar settle the full theology of the Servant's suffering.

Fallacies To Avoid

Know root means omniscience here: The grief phrase narrows the sense to experiential familiarity with suffering. participle proves unending sorrow: The form characterizes the Servant in this portrayal but does not independently define the duration of His whole existence. morphology replaces literary context: The H3045 form clarifies the acquainted relation in Isaiah 53:3; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Isaiah 53:3, the Isaiah 53:3 source token וִיד֣וּעַ is H3045, Conj-w | V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-msc. The H3045 Isaiah 53:3 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

יָדַע is the lemma behind acquainted here. Within Isaiah 53:3, H3045 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

The participial form agrees with the masculine singular Servant and stands in a close relation with the following noun grief.

Passage Meaning

Rejection is paired with sustained familiarity with suffering, helping explain why people hide their faces and fail to value the Servant.

Canonical Fit

The description contributes to the biblical portrait of the righteous sufferer whom the New Testament identifies with Jesus, yet whose rejection is not the final word.

Communication Use

Read acquainted with grief as a relational characterization and keep it alongside man of sorrows, rejection, and the song's later vindication.

Do Not Derive

Do not treat the root know as a secret-code claim about omniscience, and do not use passive-participle terminology to identify an unnamed agent.