וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên) in Isaiah 53:9: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Qal

ConsecImperf

Third

Masculine

Singular

Not applicable

Waw conjunction

None

The consecutive imperfect presents the grave assignment as the next development in the Servant's humiliation.

The third masculine singular form carries the clause forward, while the grave phrase and parallel burial descriptions determine how give or set is represented in English.

A grave with the wicked and the contrasting rich man phrase

The burial statement followed by the Servant's innocence from violence and deceit

The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect introduces the disposition of the Servant's grave, which English renders passively to fit the clause.

The Qal form itself is not passive morphology, and the verbal ending alone does not settle who arranged the burial.

High: The Servant is associated with a criminal's grave and a rich man's death despite having committed neither violence nor deceit.

The third masculine singular form carries the clause forward, while the grave phrase and parallel burial descriptions determine how give or set is represented in English.. The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect introduces the disposition of the Servant's grave, which English renders passively to fit the clause.. Attached to a grave with the wicked and the contrasting rich man phrase. Governed by the burial statement followed by the Servant's innocence from violence and deceit. The Qal form itself is not passive morphology, and the verbal ending alone does not settle who arranged the burial.

Why can an active Qal form be rendered He was assigned in this burial line? English recasts the clause around the Servant as recipient of the grave assignment, while the Hebrew construction uses the common verb give or set.

Direct: He was assigned communicates the clause's result for the Servant without claiming that the Hebrew verb bears passive stem morphology.

The clause's agent and syntax have been discussed, so the translation should not pretend the verbal ending resolves every detail. The rich-man phrase can be related to grave or death, and the parallel line must guide the reading.

English passive equals Hebrew passive stem: Translation can shift voice for idiom and focus; the source form here is Qal. third masculine singular identifies the burial planners: Agreement marks grammatical number and gender, not the identity of every implied participant. morphology replaces literary context: The H5414 form clarifies the He was assigned relation in Isaiah 53:9; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Isaiah 53:9, the Isaiah 53:9 source token וַיִּתֵּ֤ן is H5414, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The H5414 Isaiah 53:9 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

נָתַן is the lemma behind He was assigned here. Within Isaiah 53:9, H5414 retains this exact lexical identity.

The third masculine singular form carries the clause forward, while the grave phrase and parallel burial descriptions determine how give or set is represented in English.

The Servant is associated with a criminal's grave and a rich man's death despite having committed neither violence nor deceit.

The burial line deepens the song's innocent-sufferer portrait and is read by Christians alongside the Gospel accounts of Jesus' death and burial.

Distinguish Hebrew voice from English voice, then show how the burial contrasts with the explicit statement of innocence.

Do not call the Qal form grammatically passive because the translation is passive, and do not use the ending to invent an unnamed burial agent.