נַעֲנֶה֮ (na·‘ă·neh) in Isaiah 53:7: Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
נַעֲנֶה֮ (na·‘ă·neh) in Isaiah 53:7
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:7, the source token נַעֲנֶה֮ is H6031, V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Afflicted communicates the passive Nifal condition, while English was supplies the finite support needed for the participle. The Servant endures imposed affliction without self-defense and is led toward slaughter like a silent lamb.
How To Communicate It
Explain the passive condition first, then contrast what is done to the Servant with his chosen refusal to open his mouth.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use the Nifal participle to glorify abuse, silence harmed people, or claim that all imposed suffering should go unchallenged.
- The participle may foreground a state or concurrent circumstance; either way the Servant receives, rather than causes, the affliction.
- Read and afflicted within Isaiah 53:7 as this H6031 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Nifal
Prtcpl
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
None
Participial form portrays the suffering as a condition in view, complementing the finite statement of oppression.
The masculine singular Nifal participle agrees with the Servant and presents affliction as received rather than inflicted by him.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The Servant as the one enduring affliction without opening his mouth
The paired description He was oppressed and afflicted
The Nifal participle depicts the Servant in the ongoing condition of being afflicted as the silent-lamb comparison begins.
The passive form does not make his suffering unreal or imply that silence means approval of every oppressor.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The Servant endures imposed affliction without self-defense and is led toward slaughter like a silent lamb.
The masculine singular Nifal participle agrees with the Servant and presents affliction as received rather than inflicted by him.. The Nifal participle depicts the Servant in the ongoing condition of being afflicted as the silent-lamb comparison begins.. Attached to the Servant as the one enduring affliction without opening his mouth. Governed by the paired description He was oppressed and afflicted. The passive form does not make his suffering unreal or imply that silence means approval of every oppressor.
What does the participle add to the statement that the Servant was afflicted? It keeps his received suffering before the reader as the poem moves into the image of the silent lamb.
Direct: Afflicted communicates the passive Nifal condition, while English was supplies the finite support needed for the participle.
The participle may foreground a state or concurrent circumstance; either way the Servant receives, rather than causes, the affliction. His silence is narrated beside the affliction, but the participle alone does not explain every motive for that silence.
Passive grammar endorses oppression: The form describes what the Servant suffers; it does not morally approve the agents who afflict him. Servant silence is a universal victim rule: This unique passage cannot be used to forbid lament, testimony, lawful protection, or resistance to abuse.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:7, the source token נַעֲנֶה֮ is H6031, V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
עָנָה is the lemma behind and afflicted here. Within Isaiah 53:7, H6031 retains this exact lexical identity.
The masculine singular Nifal participle agrees with the Servant and presents affliction as received rather than inflicted by him.
The Servant endures imposed affliction without self-defense and is led toward slaughter like a silent lamb.
His nonretaliation belongs to this unique obedient suffering, and readers should not turn it into a universal ban on truthful protest or protection of victims.
Explain the passive condition first, then contrast what is done to the Servant with his chosen refusal to open his mouth.
Do not use the Nifal participle to glorify abuse, silence harmed people, or claim that all imposed suffering should go unchallenged.