יוֹשֵׁ֑ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) in Isaiah 6:5: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
יוֹשֵׁ֑ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) in Isaiah 6:5
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:5 links the English rendering "dwelling" with יוֹשֵׁ֑ב, Strong's H3427, and the morphology label V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies that Isaiah's confession is personal and corporate: he is unclean and dwells among an unclean people.
How To Communicate It
In explanation of Isaiah 6:5, use this form to show that Isaiah's confession includes his place among an unclean people.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the participle prove ongoing duration beyond the verse.
- Do not use the Qal stem by itself to settle a theological claim.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for the whole lemma.
- Let Isaiah 6 decide whether the participle is heard as description, status, or nominal identity.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Qal
Participle
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Not marked
Not marked
The participle presents the action or description in a sustained way, while the verse decides how that description functions.
This form carries the BSB rendering "dwelling" within Isaiah 6:5. Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Isaiah's confession in Isaiah 6:5 that he dwells among a people of unclean lips
The Qal participle in the clause's descriptive or nominal frame
It describes Isaiah's settled association with the people whose uncleanness he confesses.
It does not make the participle prove duration, posture, or theology beyond what Isaiah 6 states.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form supports Isaiah's confession of his own uncleanness and his place among an unclean people.
Qal participle masculine singular. describes Isaiah's dwelling among the people he names. Attached to Isaiah's confession in Isaiah 6:5 that he dwells among a people of unclean lips. Governed by the local descriptive or nominal phrase. The participle's English force depends on the clause, not on the morphology label alone.
Where does Isaiah say he lives? He says he dwells among a people of unclean lips.
Direct: The participle directly supports the rendering "dwelling" in this occurrence.
A Hebrew participle can function verbally, adjectivally, or nominally depending on the clause. The form should not be used to prove duration without contextual support. The Qal stem identifies the form but does not carry the full theological claim.
Participle always means ongoing action: The participle's force depends on the clause and may be descriptive or nominal. Qal makes the description simple: Qal identifies the stem; Isaiah 6 supplies the interpretive weight. grammar alone proves theology: The participle identifies Isaiah's dwelling among unclean lips, while the vision and confession govern the doctrine being taught.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:5 links the English rendering "dwelling" with יוֹשֵׁ֑ב, Strong's H3427, and the morphology label V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms.
H3427 is represented here by the lemma יָשַׁב. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "dwelling" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The participle supplies a description in the verse, while the surrounding clause determines whether the English rendering is verbal, adjectival, or nominal.
Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.
The form fits Scripture's witness to holiness, cleansing, and commissioned speech before the Lord.
When teaching Isaiah 6:5, use this form to show that Isaiah's confession includes his place among an unclean people.
Do not derive a full word study or doctrine from V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms alone. The form supplies this verse's descriptive or nominal relation.