פִּֽיו׃ (pîw) in Isaiah 53:7: Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
פִּֽיו׃ (pîw) in Isaiah 53:7
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:7, the Isaiah 53:7 source token פִּֽיו׃ is H6310, N-msc | 3ms. The H6310 Isaiah 53:7 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Repeating His mouth preserves the verse's framing effect instead of replacing the final line with a pronoun or summary. After likening the Servant to a lamb led to slaughter and a sheep silent before shearers, the poem repeats that He does not open His mouth.
How To Communicate It
Compare token 16 with token 6: identical wording forms a frame, but the second occurrence interprets the lamb and sheep images just introduced.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not collapse the two occurrences into one route, and do not use the Servant's silence to demand silence from people seeking protection or justice.
- The two Hebrew forms match apart from cantillation and position, yet each occurrence performs a distinct literary task.
- Read the closing mouth object at Isaiah 53:7 row 16 inside the lamb-and-sheep frame; wider claims require the whole song.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Masculine
Singular
Construct
Third person Masculine Singular
As a noun it carries no aspect; its repeated syntactic position reinforces the surrounding statement of silence.
The construct noun plus third masculine singular suffix again yields His mouth, while its second occurrence resumes the earlier object after two similes.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The repeated negated verb did not open after the lamb-to-slaughter and silent-sheep comparisons
The concluding line of Isaiah 53:7 that applies the animal imagery back to the Servant
The same construct noun with a third masculine singular suffix returns as the object of open, closing the verse with deliberate repetition.
Matching morphology does not make this token redundant, because its placement seals the intervening comparisons and completes the verse's literary frame.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: After likening the Servant to a lamb led to slaughter and a sheep silent before shearers, the poem repeats that He does not open His mouth.
The construct noun plus third masculine singular suffix again yields His mouth, while its second occurrence resumes the earlier object after two similes.. The same construct noun with a third masculine singular suffix returns as the object of open, closing the verse with deliberate repetition.. Attached to the repeated negated verb did not open after the lamb-to-slaughter and silent-sheep comparisons. Governed by the concluding line of Isaiah 53:7 that applies the animal imagery back to the Servant. Matching morphology does not make this token redundant, because its placement seals the intervening comparisons and completes the verse's literary frame.
What does the second His mouth contribute after the lamb and sheep comparisons? It returns to the opening statement and applies the imagery directly to the Servant's repeated silence.
Direct: Repeating His mouth preserves the verse's framing effect instead of replacing the final line with a pronoun or summary.
The two Hebrew forms match apart from cantillation and position, yet each occurrence performs a distinct literary task. Silence can signal willing endurance here without establishing a general rule against testimony, lament, or appeal.
Same form means duplicate witness: Token position and discourse function distinguish the closing recurrence from the earlier object. Servant silence commands victim silence: The verse portrays this Servant in His mission; it does not forbid endangered people from seeking help or justice. morphology replaces literary context: At the second H6310 token, the suffixed noun identifies the repeated object; its closing position supplies the literary emphasis.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:7, the Isaiah 53:7 source token פִּֽיו׃ is H6310, N-msc | 3ms. The H6310 Isaiah 53:7 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
פֶּה is the lemma behind His mouth here. Within Isaiah 53:7, H6310 retains this exact lexical identity.
The construct noun plus third masculine singular suffix again yields His mouth, while its second occurrence resumes the earlier object after two similes.
After likening the Servant to a lamb led to slaughter and a sheep silent before shearers, the poem repeats that He does not open His mouth.
The repeated silence intensifies the Servant's non-retaliatory endurance without making passivity the Bible's command for every victim of injustice.
Compare token 16 with token 6: identical wording forms a frame, but the second occurrence interprets the lamb and sheep images just introduced.
Do not collapse the two occurrences into one route, and do not use the Servant's silence to demand silence from people seeking protection or justice.