Hebrew Form Guide

עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh) in Isaiah 53:9: Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh) in Isaiah 53:9

Source Word

עָשָׂ֔ה‘ā·śāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

At Isaiah 53:9, the Isaiah 53:9 source token עָשָׂ֔ה is H6213, V-Qal-Perf-3ms. The H6213 Isaiah 53:9 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

He had done places the conduct before the burial description in English, while no violence carries the decisive negation. The Servant receives a death and burial associated with wrongdoing even though the song testifies that He practiced no violence and spoke no deceit.

How To Communicate It

Build the claim from verb, negation, and object together: He did, no, violence. None of those elements alone carries the full assertion.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not derive sinlessness from perfect aspect alone, and do not reduce violence to only one physical act when the clause reviews His conduct.
  • Perfect aspect can support prior action in this context, but English had done is a discourse choice rather than a mechanical tense equation.
  • Read He had done within Isaiah 53:9 as the H6213 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.

What Does The Label Mean?

Profile

Hebrew-verb

Part of Speech

Verb

Form Label

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Stem

Qal

Aspect

Perf

Person

Third

Gender

Masculine

Number

Singular

State

Not applicable

Suffix

None

Aspect Note

The perfect supports a retrospective assessment of His conduct before the burial outcome rather than pointing to one isolated deed.

Verse Role

Qal perfect views the Servant's doing as a whole under negation, while masculine singular agreement follows Him.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

No violence as the negated object in the concession explaining the Servant's innocent character

Governed By

The burial statement that places the Servant with the wicked and a rich man despite His lack of violence and deceit

Role In The Phrase

The third masculine singular Qal perfect presents the Servant as the subject whose conduct is denied by the object no violence.

What It Is Not Doing

The verb form itself does not mean innocence; negation and the object supply that claim, alongside the separate statement about His mouth.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: The Servant receives a death and burial associated with wrongdoing even though the song testifies that He practiced no violence and spoke no deceit.

Syntax Profile

Qal perfect views the Servant's doing as a whole under negation, while masculine singular agreement follows Him.. The third masculine singular Qal perfect presents the Servant as the subject whose conduct is denied by the object no violence.. Attached to no violence as the negated object in the concession explaining the Servant's innocent character. Governed by the burial statement that places the Servant with the wicked and a rich man despite His lack of violence and deceit. The verb form itself does not mean innocence; negation and the object supply that claim, alongside the separate statement about His mouth.

Reader Question

Which elements make He had done no violence an innocence statement? The Servant is the singular subject, the perfect surveys His doing, and the negation with violence denies that conduct of Him.

Translation Effect

Direct: He had done places the conduct before the burial description in English, while no violence carries the decisive negation.

Where Caution Is Needed

Perfect aspect can support prior action in this context, but English had done is a discourse choice rather than a mechanical tense equation. Violence can cover harmful conduct broadly; the poetic parallel with deceit contributes to the Servant's innocence portrait.

Fallacies To Avoid

Perfect aspect means sinless: Aspect presents the action as a whole; the words no violence and no deceit establish the innocence claim. one negated object exhausts holiness: The line testifies specifically about violence and deceit within a wider canonical account of the Servant. morphology replaces literary context: The H6213 form clarifies the He had done relation in Isaiah 53:9; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Isaiah 53:9, the Isaiah 53:9 source token עָשָׂ֔ה is H6213, V-Qal-Perf-3ms. The H6213 Isaiah 53:9 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

עָשָׂה is the lemma behind He had done here. Within Isaiah 53:9, H6213 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

Qal perfect views the Servant's doing as a whole under negation, while masculine singular agreement follows Him.

Passage Meaning

The Servant receives a death and burial associated with wrongdoing even though the song testifies that He practiced no violence and spoke no deceit.

Canonical Fit

The innocence statement sharpens the representative character of the Servant's suffering and prepares the guilt-offering language that follows.

Communication Use

Build the claim from verb, negation, and object together: He did, no, violence. None of those elements alone carries the full assertion.

Do Not Derive

Do not derive sinlessness from perfect aspect alone, and do not reduce violence to only one physical act when the clause reviews His conduct.