פִּיו֒ (pîw) in Isaiah 53:7: Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
פִּיו֒ (pîw) in Isaiah 53:7
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:7, the Isaiah 53:7 source token פִּיו֒ is H6310, N-msc | 3ms. The H6310 Isaiah 53:7 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
His mouth states the suffix relation directly and supplies the object required by the English expression did not open. Although oppressed and afflicted, the Servant does not open His mouth in self-defense as the song turns toward the lamb comparison.
How To Communicate It
Identify the suffixed noun as the object of open, then let the opening line establish silence before tracing its restatement after the animal images.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not infer that the Servant never speaks anywhere, and do not make the possessive suffix prove voluntariness without the clause and wider passage.
- Mouth can stand for speaking, but the concrete object remains important to the verse's repeated wording.
- Read His mouth within Isaiah 53:7 as the H6310 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
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Masculine
Singular
Construct
Third person Masculine Singular
The noun has no aspect; the surrounding finite verb and negation establish the reported non-action.
A masculine singular construct noun carries the third masculine singular suffix His and stands with the verb open in a negative clause.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The negated verb did not open in the first statement of the Servant's silence under oppression and affliction
The opening contrast between what the Servant endures and His refusal to answer His oppressors
The construct noun mouth receives a third masculine singular suffix and serves as the object whose opening is denied.
The suffix identifies the Servant's mouth but does not make silence itself a noun possession, and the form alone does not explain whether every kind of speech is excluded.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: Although oppressed and afflicted, the Servant does not open His mouth in self-defense as the song turns toward the lamb comparison.
A masculine singular construct noun carries the third masculine singular suffix His and stands with the verb open in a negative clause.. The construct noun mouth receives a third masculine singular suffix and serves as the object whose opening is denied.. Attached to the negated verb did not open in the first statement of the Servant's silence under oppression and affliction. Governed by the opening contrast between what the Servant endures and His refusal to answer His oppressors. The suffix identifies the Servant's mouth but does not make silence itself a noun possession, and the form alone does not explain whether every kind of speech is excluded.
What is grammatically prevented from opening in the first clause of Isaiah 53:7? The suffixed noun identifies His mouth as the object of the negated opening action.
Direct: His mouth states the suffix relation directly and supplies the object required by the English expression did not open.
Mouth can stand for speaking, but the concrete object remains important to the verse's repeated wording. The silence concerns the oppressive scene; it should not be universalized into a claim that the Servant never utters any words.
Mouth means every speech act: The negative clause describes His response under oppression, not every moment or setting in the Servant's life. suffix proves willing sacrifice: The suffix only identifies whose mouth is meant; willingness is a conclusion drawn from the wider portrayal. morphology replaces literary context: The H6310 form clarifies the His mouth relation in Isaiah 53:7; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:7, the Isaiah 53:7 source token פִּיו֒ 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.
A masculine singular construct noun carries the third masculine singular suffix His and stands with the verb open in a negative clause.
Although oppressed and afflicted, the Servant does not open His mouth in self-defense as the song turns toward the lamb comparison.
The Servant's silence belongs to His willing endurance, but the full song is needed to relate that posture to His representative mission.
Identify the suffixed noun as the object of open, then let the opening line establish silence before tracing its restatement after the animal images.
Do not infer that the Servant never speaks anywhere, and do not make the possessive suffix prove voluntariness without the clause and wider passage.