אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) in Isaiah 53:3: Noun - masculine singular construct
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) in Isaiah 53:3
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:3, the Isaiah 53:3 source token אִ֥ישׁ is H376, N-msc. The H376 Isaiah 53:3 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
A man of sorrows preserves the tight construct relationship and its descriptive force. The Servant is portrayed as deeply marked by suffering and rejection, yet the next lines reveal that He carries griefs belonging to others.
How To Communicate It
Keep man and of sorrows together as one construct portrait, then follow the poem into the explanation of whose sorrows He carries.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not read construct state as literal possession by sorrow, and do not build the whole doctrine of Christ's humanity from this noun form alone.
- Of sorrows can express characteristic association rather than ownership or origin in a narrow sense.
- Read a man within Isaiah 53:3 as the H376 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine singular construct
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Masculine
Singular
Construct
None
The noun phrase has no verbal aspect; it contributes a characterization within the verse's series of descriptions.
The construct form binds man to the following plural noun sorrows, creating a compact relational description.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Of sorrows in the construct description placed between rejection and acquaintance with grief
The song's portrait of the Servant as despised, avoided, and not esteemed by observers
The masculine singular construct noun heads the phrase man of sorrows, characterizing the Servant through His close association with suffering.
Construct state does not mean that sorrows own the man, and the noun alone does not supply the Servant's full identity or explain the cause of His suffering.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The Servant is portrayed as deeply marked by suffering and rejection, yet the next lines reveal that He carries griefs belonging to others.
The construct form binds man to the following plural noun sorrows, creating a compact relational description.. The masculine singular construct noun heads the phrase man of sorrows, characterizing the Servant through His close association with suffering.. Attached to of sorrows in the construct description placed between rejection and acquaintance with grief. Governed by the song's portrait of the Servant as despised, avoided, and not esteemed by observers. Construct state does not mean that sorrows own the man, and the noun alone does not supply the Servant's full identity or explain the cause of His suffering.
How does construct state shape the phrase a man of sorrows? It binds man to sorrows so the phrase characterizes the Servant by profound association with suffering.
Direct: A man of sorrows preserves the tight construct relationship and its descriptive force.
Of sorrows can express characteristic association rather than ownership or origin in a narrow sense. The masculine noun identifies the Servant as a man in the poem, while broader Christological claims require the whole canon.
Construct means owned by sorrow: The relation characterizes the man through sorrows and does not personify sorrow as his possessor. one noun proves complete Christology: The form contributes to the Servant portrait, while the full identity claim depends on the passage and wider Scripture. morphology replaces literary context: The H376 form clarifies the a man relation in Isaiah 53:3; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:3, the Isaiah 53:3 source token אִ֥ישׁ is H376, N-msc. The H376 Isaiah 53:3 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
אִישׁ is the lemma behind a man here. Within Isaiah 53:3, H376 retains this exact lexical identity.
The construct form binds man to the following plural noun sorrows, creating a compact relational description.
The Servant is portrayed as deeply marked by suffering and rejection, yet the next lines reveal that He carries griefs belonging to others.
The description prepares the song's reversal from human avoidance of the suffering Servant to confession of His representative burden-bearing.
Keep man and of sorrows together as one construct portrait, then follow the poem into the explanation of whose sorrows He carries.
Do not read construct state as literal possession by sorrow, and do not build the whole doctrine of Christ's humanity from this noun form alone.