Hebrew Form Guide

יִשְׂבָּ֔ע (yiś·bā‘) in Isaiah 53:11: Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

יִשְׂבָּ֔ע (yiś·bā‘) in Isaiah 53:11

Source Word

יִשְׂבָּ֔עyiś·bā‘Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

At Isaiah 53:11, the source token יִשְׂבָּ֔ע is H7646, V-Qal-Imperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

Be satisfied captures the verb's sense of reaching fullness or contentment, with and joining it to the preceding sight. Anguish does not have the final word: the Servant sees life, is satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities.

How To Communicate It

Describe satisfaction as fulfilled purpose within the verse rather than as relief isolated from the many whom the Servant justifies.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not reduce satisfied to physical fullness or claim that the imperfect itself proves a detailed resurrection chronology.
  • Some textual questions surround the phrase light of life, but the satisfaction verb still belongs to the positive outcome after anguish.
  • Read and be satisfied within Isaiah 53:11 as this H7646 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 - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Stem

Qal

Aspect

Imperf

Person

Third

Gender

Masculine

Number

Singular

State

Not applicable

Suffix

None

Aspect Note

The imperfect looks ahead to the Servant's fulfilled satisfaction beyond the anguish already named.

Verse Role

The third masculine singular Qal imperfect shares the Servant as subject and coordinates his future satisfaction with his seeing.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

The Servant who sees light after the anguish of his soul

Governed By

The sequence moving from anguish through sight to satisfaction

Role In The Phrase

The Qal imperfect presents the Servant reaching satisfaction as the outcome paired with seeing the light of life.

What It Is Not Doing

The verb does not depict bodily appetite or imply that the suffering itself is emotionally pleasant.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: Anguish does not have the final word: the Servant sees life, is satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities.

Syntax Profile

The third masculine singular Qal imperfect shares the Servant as subject and coordinates his future satisfaction with his seeing.. The Qal imperfect presents the Servant reaching satisfaction as the outcome paired with seeing the light of life.. Attached to the Servant who sees light after the anguish of his soul. Governed by the sequence moving from anguish through sight to satisfaction. The verb does not depict bodily appetite or imply that the suffering itself is emotionally pleasant.

Reader Question

What satisfies the Servant after the anguish of his soul? The clause presents him seeing the fruitful outcome of his work and reaching satisfaction within that promised result.

Translation Effect

Direct: Be satisfied captures the verb's sense of reaching fullness or contentment, with and joining it to the preceding sight.

Where Caution Is Needed

Some textual questions surround the phrase light of life, but the satisfaction verb still belongs to the positive outcome after anguish. The object of satisfaction is not stated directly; the following justification of many clarifies the fruitful setting without becoming a grammatical object.

Fallacies To Avoid

Satisfaction means enjoyment of pain: The satisfaction follows anguish and concerns its accomplished outcome, not delight in suffering as suffering. imperfect form proves every event detail: The form points forward in the prophecy; it does not establish the full sequence apart from the passage.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Isaiah 53:11, the source token יִשְׂבָּ֔ע is H7646, V-Qal-Imperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

שָׂבַע is the lemma behind and be satisfied here. Within Isaiah 53:11, H7646 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

The third masculine singular Qal imperfect shares the Servant as subject and coordinates his future satisfaction with his seeing.

Passage Meaning

Anguish does not have the final word: the Servant sees life, is satisfied, justifies many, and bears their iniquities.

Canonical Fit

The Servant's suffering reaches a divinely purposed outcome, while the exact nature of his satisfaction is supplied by the surrounding work and reward.

Communication Use

Describe satisfaction as fulfilled purpose within the verse rather than as relief isolated from the many whom the Servant justifies.

Do Not Derive

Do not reduce satisfied to physical fullness or claim that the imperfect itself proves a detailed resurrection chronology.