Hebrew Form Guide

פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים (pō·šə·‘îm) in Isaiah 53:12: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים (pō·šə·‘îm) in Isaiah 53:12

Source Word

פֹּשְׁעִ֖יםpō·šə·‘îmVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

At Isaiah 53:12, the Isaiah 53:12 source token פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים is H6586, V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp. The H6586 Isaiah 53:12 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

The transgressors naturally renders the participle as a group label for people characterized by rebellion. The innocent Servant accepts the public place assigned to offenders, even as the verse distinguishes Him as the one who bears their sin and intercedes.

How To Communicate It

Contrast numbered with with being one of: the syntax locates the Servant among transgressors, while the song's testimony keeps His own innocence clear.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not infer the Servant's guilt from social classification, and do not let the participle's label erase the distinct actions of bearing sin and interceding.
  • A substantival participle can identify a class without describing the timing or frequency of every person's acts.
  • Read the transgressors within Isaiah 53:12 as the H6586 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.

What Does The Label Mean?

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Hebrew-verb

Part of Speech

Verb

Form Label

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

Stem

Qal

Aspect

Prtcpl

Person

Not applicable

Gender

Masculine

Number

Plural

State

Not applicable

Suffix

None

Aspect Note

Participial form characterizes the group by conduct or status rather than locating one discrete transgression on a timeline.

Verse Role

The active participle is used as a plural noun, turning those who transgress into the designation the transgressors.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

The prepositional phrase with the transgressors in the statement that the Servant was numbered among them

Governed By

The Lord's explanation of the Servant's allotted victory because He poured out His life, bore sin, and interceded

Role In The Phrase

The masculine plural Qal participle functions substantivally, naming people characterized by transgression as the group with whom the Servant was counted.

What It Is Not Doing

Being numbered with this group does not grammatically classify the Servant as a transgressor, and the participle does not define every member's individual offense.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: The innocent Servant accepts the public place assigned to offenders, even as the verse distinguishes Him as the one who bears their sin and intercedes.

Syntax Profile

The active participle is used as a plural noun, turning those who transgress into the designation the transgressors.. The masculine plural Qal participle functions substantivally, naming people characterized by transgression as the group with whom the Servant was counted.. Attached to the prepositional phrase with the transgressors in the statement that the Servant was numbered among them. Governed by the Lord's explanation of the Servant's allotted victory because He poured out His life, bore sin, and interceded. Being numbered with this group does not grammatically classify the Servant as a transgressor, and the participle does not define every member's individual offense.

Reader Question

Does being numbered with the transgressors make the Servant one by grammar? No. The phrase describes the company in which He is counted, while the song distinguishes His innocence and representative action.

Translation Effect

Direct: The transgressors naturally renders the participle as a group label for people characterized by rebellion.

Where Caution Is Needed

A substantival participle can identify a class without describing the timing or frequency of every person's acts. Association through numbering concerns public treatment and placement, not necessarily shared moral character.

Fallacies To Avoid

Numbered with means guilty like: The prepositional association places the Servant among offenders but does not assign their transgression to His character. participle exhausts each person's identity: The form names the group relevant to this line without reducing every person to a complete moral biography. morphology replaces literary context: The H6586 form clarifies the the transgressors relation in Isaiah 53:12; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Isaiah 53:12, the Isaiah 53:12 source token פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים is H6586, V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp. The H6586 Isaiah 53:12 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

פָּשַׁע is the lemma behind the transgressors here. Within Isaiah 53:12, H6586 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

The active participle is used as a plural noun, turning those who transgress into the designation the transgressors.

Passage Meaning

The innocent Servant accepts the public place assigned to offenders, even as the verse distinguishes Him as the one who bears their sin and intercedes.

Canonical Fit

Isaiah 53 holds identification with sinners together with the Servant's innocence and representative work, preventing association from becoming moral equivalence.

Communication Use

Contrast numbered with with being one of: the syntax locates the Servant among transgressors, while the song's testimony keeps His own innocence clear.

Do Not Derive

Do not infer the Servant's guilt from social classification, and do not let the participle's label erase the distinct actions of bearing sin and interceding.