מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ (mip·pə·šā·‘ê·nū) in Isaiah 53:5: Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ (mip·pə·šā·‘ê·nū) in Isaiah 53:5
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:5, the Isaiah 53:5 source token מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ is H6588, Prep-m | N-mpc | 1cp. The H6588 Isaiah 53:5 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
For our transgressions expresses the min relationship idiomatically and retains both the plural noun and first-person possession. The speakers locate the wrongdoing on their side while confessing that the Servant's piercing concerns their rebellion, not His own guilt.
How To Communicate It
Let the pronoun establish whose transgressions are named, then read the min relation together with every parallel line in the verse.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the preposition answer every question about substitution, and do not blur transgressions into the innocent Servant's moral character.
- Min can signal source, cause, or related separation, so parallelism supports the causal English for.
- Read for our transgressions within Isaiah 53:5 as the H6588 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Not applicable
Not applicable
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Masculine
Plural
Construct
Min preposition
First person Common Plural
The phrase is nominal and carries no verbal aspect; its contribution is the cause-related link between His piercing and our transgressions.
A min preposition, masculine plural construct noun, and first common plural suffix form one compact causal phrase.
What The Form Does In This Verse
He was pierced at the opening of Isaiah 53:5
The confessing contrast between the Servant's suffering and the speakers' rebellion
The prefixed min relates the piercing to transgressions, the construct plural names acts of rebellion, and the first common plural suffix marks them as ours.
The morphology does not specify the instrument of piercing or independently state a complete account of atonement.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The speakers locate the wrongdoing on their side while confessing that the Servant's piercing concerns their rebellion, not His own guilt.
A min preposition, masculine plural construct noun, and first common plural suffix form one compact causal phrase.. The prefixed min relates the piercing to transgressions, the construct plural names acts of rebellion, and the first common plural suffix marks them as ours.. Attached to He was pierced at the opening of Isaiah 53:5. Governed by the confessing contrast between the Servant's suffering and the speakers' rebellion. The morphology does not specify the instrument of piercing or independently state a complete account of atonement.
What contrast is carried by the suffix in for our transgressions? The first-person plural suffix identifies the rebellion as belonging to the speakers, while the Servant is the one pierced in relation to it.
Direct: For our transgressions expresses the min relationship idiomatically and retains both the plural noun and first-person possession.
Min can signal source, cause, or related separation, so parallelism supports the causal English for. The suffix identifies a confessing group grammatically; literary and canonical context address that group's representative scope.
Min alone defines atonement mechanics: The preposition marks a vital relation, but the full verse and song explain the Servant's suffering for others. our transfers guilt into the Servant's character: The pronoun assigns the transgressions to the speakers while the song repeatedly presents the Servant as innocent. morphology replaces literary context: The H6588 form clarifies the for our transgressions relation in Isaiah 53:5; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:5, the Isaiah 53:5 source token מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ is H6588, Prep-m | N-mpc | 1cp. The H6588 Isaiah 53:5 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
פֶּשַׁע is the lemma behind for our transgressions here. Within Isaiah 53:5, H6588 retains this exact lexical identity.
A min preposition, masculine plural construct noun, and first common plural suffix form one compact causal phrase.
The speakers locate the wrongdoing on their side while confessing that the Servant's piercing concerns their rebellion, not His own guilt.
Within the Servant Song, this confession joins pierced, crushed, punishment, peace, stripes, and healing into a sustained portrayal of suffering for others.
Let the pronoun establish whose transgressions are named, then read the min relation together with every parallel line in the verse.
Do not make the preposition answer every question about substitution, and do not blur transgressions into the innocent Servant's moral character.