בְּפִֽיו׃ (bə·p̄îw) in Isaiah 53:9: Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
בְּפִֽיו׃ (bə·p̄îw) in Isaiah 53:9
Source Word
The Textus Receptus witness for Isaiah 53:9 reads בְּפִֽיו׃ with the morphology label Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies a bound relationship in the rendering "in His mouth".
How To Communicate It
When teaching Isaiah 53:9, use this Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for H6310.
- Do not make a morphology label carry a doctrine or application apart from the verse.
- Do not turn grammatical gender into a biological or theological claim by itself.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Masculine
Singular
Construct
Prep-b
Third person masculine singular
This form carries the BSB rendering "in His mouth" within Isaiah 53:9.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The BSB rendering "in His mouth" in Isaiah 53:9
The clause of Isaiah 53:9, with the BSB+ row identifying the exact Hebrew form
בְּפִֽיו׃, rendered "in His mouth," is a Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. It marks a bound relationship between words, and the verse identifies the relationship in context.
The form does not by itself settle the whole interpretation of the verse, the full lexical range of the word, or a doctrine apart from the immediate wording and context.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form matters because it functions as construct chain in Isaiah 53:9.
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. binds words in a relationship. Attached to the local phrase in Isaiah 53:9. Governed by the immediate wording of Isaiah 53:9. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.
How are the words bound together? בְּפִֽיו׃ should be read as construct chain in Isaiah 53:9, with the surrounding words deciding the exact interpretive force.
Direct: The form directly supports the local rendering "in His mouth", while the surrounding words decide how much interpretive weight to place on it.
The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Relational forms name a connection, but context identifies the kind of connection. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.
Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Textus Receptus witness for Isaiah 53:9 reads בְּפִֽיו׃ with the morphology label Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular.
The lemma is פֶּה. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "in His mouth" only to orient this occurrence.
בְּפִֽיו׃, rendered "in His mouth," is a Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. It marks a bound relationship between words, and the verse identifies the relationship in context.
In Isaiah 53:9, the form belongs to the statement where the surrounding words determine what the reader should learn from it.
The form should be read within the passage's local argument and the wider canonical witness, not as an isolated proof.
When teaching Isaiah 53:9, use this Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
Do not derive a full word study, doctrine, or interpretive conclusion from this morphology label alone. The form serves the immediate wording and context.