מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mê·‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·nū) in Isaiah 53:5: Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural
מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mê·‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·nū) in Isaiah 53:5
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:5, the Isaiah 53:5 source token מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ is H5771, Prep-m | N-cpc | 1cp. The H5771 Isaiah 53:5 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
For our iniquities communicates the causal relation signaled by min and the first-person plural possession carried by the suffix. The speakers confess that the Servant's crushing concerns their iniquities, while the surrounding parallel lines connect His punishment with their peace and healing.
How To Communicate It
Keep the two parallel guilt phrases together and let the whole verse explain the relation between His suffering, our wrongdoing, peace, and healing.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make min carry every claim about substitution by itself, and do not turn our into an undefined universal without considering the song's speakers and canonical reception.
- Min can express source or cause, so the parallelism and wider song refine the English for.
- Read for our iniquities within Isaiah 53:5 as the H5771 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural
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Common
Plural
Construct
Min preposition
First person Common Plural
As a nominal phrase, it contributes no verbal aspect; it identifies the guilt-related relation attached to the Servant's crushing.
The attached min, construct plural noun, and first common plural suffix combine into the reason phrase represented by for our iniquities.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The passive description he was crushed in parallel with he was pierced for our transgressions
The confession in Isaiah 53:5 that interprets the Servant's wounds in relation to the speakers' guilt and peace
The min prefix marks a causal or relational source, the construct plural names iniquities, and the first common plural suffix identifies them as ours.
The preposition does not mechanically encode a complete substitution theory, and the first-person plural must be read with the song's confessing speakers.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The speakers confess that the Servant's crushing concerns their iniquities, while the surrounding parallel lines connect His punishment with their peace and healing.
The attached min, construct plural noun, and first common plural suffix combine into the reason phrase represented by for our iniquities.. The min prefix marks a causal or relational source, the construct plural names iniquities, and the first common plural suffix identifies them as ours.. Attached to the passive description he was crushed in parallel with he was pierced for our transgressions. Governed by the confession in Isaiah 53:5 that interprets the Servant's wounds in relation to the speakers' guilt and peace. The preposition does not mechanically encode a complete substitution theory, and the first-person plural must be read with the song's confessing speakers.
What does the first common plural suffix make explicit in the phrase for our iniquities? It makes the iniquities belong to the confessing we, distinguishing their guilt from the Servant who is described as crushed.
Direct: For our iniquities communicates the causal relation signaled by min and the first-person plural possession carried by the suffix.
Min can express source or cause, so the parallelism and wider song refine the English for. The first-person plural is grammatically clear, while the identity and reach of the speakers require literary and canonical interpretation.
Preposition alone proves a full atonement model: The relation is important, but the song's verbs, parallel lines, and broader canon provide the doctrinal account. our has unlimited reference automatically: Pronoun number and person identify speakers; discourse and canon establish their representative reach. morphology replaces literary context: The H5771 form clarifies the for our iniquities relation in Isaiah 53:5; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:5, the Isaiah 53:5 source token מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ is H5771, Prep-m | N-cpc | 1cp. The H5771 Isaiah 53:5 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
עָוֺן is the lemma behind for our iniquities here. Within Isaiah 53:5, H5771 retains this exact lexical identity.
The attached min, construct plural noun, and first common plural suffix combine into the reason phrase represented by for our iniquities.
The speakers confess that the Servant's crushing concerns their iniquities, while the surrounding parallel lines connect His punishment with their peace and healing.
Isaiah 53:5 is a central part of the Servant Song's portrayal of suffering on behalf of others, later received in the New Testament's witness to Christ.
Keep the two parallel guilt phrases together and let the whole verse explain the relation between His suffering, our wrongdoing, peace, and healing.
Do not make min carry every claim about substitution by itself, and do not turn our into an undefined universal without considering the song's speakers and canonical reception.