וַיַּ֨עַל (way·ya·‘al) in Isaiah 53:2: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיַּ֨עַל (way·ya·‘al) in Isaiah 53:2
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:2, the Isaiah 53:2 source token וַיַּ֨עַל is H5927, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The H5927 Isaiah 53:2 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
He grew up selects the growth sense of the Qal verb because the tender shoot and root comparisons govern the clause. The Servant develops before the Lord like fragile growth in inhospitable ground, without the visible splendor people expect to desire.
How To Communicate It
Keep the verb with both plant images and contrast ordinary-looking growth with the significance the rest of the song reveals.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not import the lexeme's ascent senses into this agricultural comparison, and do not infer Christology from verb morphology apart from the song and its reception.
- The verb can mean go up, arise, or grow, so the plant imagery is decisive for the English rendering.
- Read He grew up within Isaiah 53:2 as the H5927 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
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 form carries the poetic report forward into the Servant's growth; the similes supply the manner and theological texture.
The third masculine singular form agrees with the Servant, while the following comparisons describe how He grew before Him.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The Servant as the subject of the tender-shoot and root comparison
Isaiah's account of the Servant's unimpressive appearance before the description of rejection
The Qal consecutive imperfect presents the Servant's emergence and growth, and the waw joins that development to the song's preceding announcement.
The verb does not depict an ascent to heaven here, and its third-person form does not by itself identify every referent in the song.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The Servant develops before the Lord like fragile growth in inhospitable ground, without the visible splendor people expect to desire.
The third masculine singular form agrees with the Servant, while the following comparisons describe how He grew before Him.. The Qal consecutive imperfect presents the Servant's emergence and growth, and the waw joins that development to the song's preceding announcement.. Attached to the Servant as the subject of the tender-shoot and root comparison. Governed by Isaiah's account of the Servant's unimpressive appearance before the description of rejection. The verb does not depict an ascent to heaven here, and its third-person form does not by itself identify every referent in the song.
What kind of movement does He grew up express in Isaiah 53:2? It reports the Servant's growth or emergence, which the verse pictures as a tender shoot and a root from dry ground.
Direct: He grew up selects the growth sense of the Qal verb because the tender shoot and root comparisons govern the clause.
The verb can mean go up, arise, or grow, so the plant imagery is decisive for the English rendering. Before Him contains a masculine suffix whose immediate theological referent is supplied by the song rather than this verb ending.
Go up must mean ascension: The tender-shoot and root similes establish organic growth in this occurrence. consecutive form makes the poetry simple chronology: The form moves the portrayal forward, while poetic comparison shapes its significance. morphology replaces literary context: The H5927 form clarifies the He grew up relation in Isaiah 53:2; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:2, the Isaiah 53:2 source token וַיַּ֨עַל is H5927, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The H5927 Isaiah 53:2 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
עָלָה is the lemma behind He grew up here. Within Isaiah 53:2, H5927 retains this exact lexical identity.
The third masculine singular form agrees with the Servant, while the following comparisons describe how He grew before Him.
The Servant develops before the Lord like fragile growth in inhospitable ground, without the visible splendor people expect to desire.
The song sets humble appearance beside the Servant's later suffering and exaltation, preparing readers to recognize God's saving work without worldly majesty.
Keep the verb with both plant images and contrast ordinary-looking growth with the significance the rest of the song reveals.
Do not import the lexeme's ascent senses into this agricultural comparison, and do not infer Christology from verb morphology apart from the song and its reception.