יַצְדִּ֥יק (yaṣ·dîq) in Isaiah 53:11: Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
יַצְדִּ֥יק (yaṣ·dîq) in Isaiah 53:11
Source Word
At Isaiah 53:11, the source token יַצְדִּ֥יק is H6663, V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Will justify directly conveys the Hifil causative force and the imperfect's forward-looking promise. The Servant emerges from anguish satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities, so his vindicating work and costly burden belong together.
How To Communicate It
Teach the causative force alongside the explicit subject and object: the Servant acts, and the many receive the benefit.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the Hifil stem alone settle a complete doctrine of justification or erase the verse's bearing-of-iniquity context.
- The expression by His knowledge may describe the Servant's knowledge or knowledge of him; this verb form does not decide that question.
- Read will justify within Isaiah 53:11 as this H6663 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Hifil
Imperf
Third
Masculine
Singular
Not applicable
None
The imperfect points forward from the Servant's anguish to the promised justifying action; it is not a timeless dictionary statement.
The Hifil gives the verb a causative force, and the third masculine singular subject is the righteous Servant named in the clause.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The righteous Servant as the one acting upon the many
The promise that follows the Servant's anguish, sight, and satisfaction
The Hifil imperfect presents the Servant's future work of bringing the many into a justified standing.
The causative stem does not by itself define every dimension of justification or detach the promise from the Servant bearing iniquities.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The Servant emerges from anguish satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities, so his vindicating work and costly burden belong together.
The Hifil gives the verb a causative force, and the third masculine singular subject is the righteous Servant named in the clause.. The Hifil imperfect presents the Servant's future work of bringing the many into a justified standing.. Attached to the righteous Servant as the one acting upon the many. Governed by the promise that follows the Servant's anguish, sight, and satisfaction. The causative stem does not by itself define every dimension of justification or detach the promise from the Servant bearing iniquities.
What does will justify tell us about the Servant's action toward the many? It presents the righteous Servant as the effective agent who brings the many into a justified standing after his anguish.
Direct: Will justify directly conveys the Hifil causative force and the imperfect's forward-looking promise.
The expression by His knowledge may describe the Servant's knowledge or knowledge of him; this verb form does not decide that question. Justify has forensic force in context, but morphology alone does not specify every means by which the result is secured.
Causative stem equals a complete theology: The Hifil identifies effective action in this clause; the whole passage and wider canon govern doctrinal synthesis. future form means uncertain outcome: The prophetic imperfect presents promised action, not doubt about whether the Servant can accomplish it.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Isaiah 53:11, the source token יַצְדִּ֥יק is H6663, V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
צָדַק is the lemma behind will justify here. Within Isaiah 53:11, H6663 retains this exact lexical identity.
The Hifil gives the verb a causative force, and the third masculine singular subject is the righteous Servant named in the clause.
The Servant emerges from anguish satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities, so his vindicating work and costly burden belong together.
The verse grounds the many's right standing in the righteous Servant's work, while the wider canon must supply any fuller account of its accomplishment.
Teach the causative force alongside the explicit subject and object: the Servant acts, and the many receive the benefit.
Do not make the Hifil stem alone settle a complete doctrine of justification or erase the verse's bearing-of-iniquity context.