וּרְא֥וּ (ū·rə·’ū) in Isaiah 6:9: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
וּרְא֥וּ (ū·rə·’ū) in Isaiah 6:9
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:9 links the English rendering "be ever seeing" with וּרְא֥וּ, Strong's H7200, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-mp.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form helps readers hear the sharpness of Isaiah's commission: the people are addressed in a way that exposes seeing without true perception. Grammar matters here, but the surrounding commission keeps the interpretation governed.
How To Communicate It
Use the form to ask how the people are addressed in the message. Then keep the answer inside Isaiah 6: the grammar supports the seeing line, but the passage explains its judicial force.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use the command form by itself to settle every theological question about response or obedience.
- Do not use the stem label by itself to settle a theological claim.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for the whole Hebrew lemma.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Conjunctive waw
Qal
Imperative
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The imperative form gives direct force to the action, while the verse and passage determine the scope of the command or appeal.
This form carries the BSB rendering "be ever seeing" within Isaiah 6:9. Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The command-like line rendered "be ever seeing" in Isaiah 6:9
The form occurs inside the Lord's commission speech to Isaiah and the judicial message addressed to "this people."
It forms the seeing side of the commission's hearing-and-seeing pair, exposing perception without true understanding.
The form does not by itself settle the whole doctrine of hardening, prove that every imperative is a simple invitation, or make Qal mean "simple."
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form sits in Isaiah 6's judicial commission and materially affects how the line is heard.
Plural imperative inside commission speech. addresses the people with the seeing half of the hearing-and-seeing judgment formula. Attached to the line rendered "be ever seeing". Governed by the Lord's commission to Isaiah in Isaiah 6:9. The command form must be interpreted with the wider commission, not as an isolated invitation.
How are the people addressed in this seeing line? They are addressed with a plural imperative inside Isaiah's judicial commission, exposing seeing without true perception.
Direct: The imperative form directly supports the command-like English rendering "be ever seeing."
The imperative force is real, but Isaiah 6 supplies a judicial commission context rather than a simple invitation context. The form should not be used by itself to settle all questions about divine hardening and human responsibility.
Imperative always means a simple invitation: In Isaiah 6:9 the imperative appears inside a judicial commission and must be read there. Qal means simple: Qal names the stem; it does not make the commission theologically simple.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:9 links the English rendering "be ever seeing" with וּרְא֥וּ, Strong's H7200, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-mp.
H7200 is represented here by the lemma רָאָה. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "be ever seeing" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural functions inside the quoted commission message to the people in Isaiah 6:9. The command form must be read with the surrounding judicial context of hearing without understanding and seeing without perceiving.
Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.
The form fits Scripture's witness to holiness, cleansing, and commissioned speech before the Lord.
When teaching Isaiah 6:9, use this form to show the command-like force of the line, then immediately anchor it in the commission context so readers do not treat the imperative as a simple invitation detached from judgment.
Do not make the imperative alone settle divine hardening, human responsibility, or the whole theology of Isaiah 6. The form explains the clause, while the commission context governs the claim.