יִשְׁמָ֗ע (yiš·mā‘) in Isaiah 6:10: Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
יִשְׁמָ֗ע (yiš·mā‘) in Isaiah 6:10
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:10 links the English rendering "hear" with יִשְׁמָ֗ע, Strong's H8085, and the morphology tag V-Qal-Imperf-3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies that hearing belongs to the verse's perception-and-response sequence. It supports the clause without letting the grammar label carry the whole theology of Isaiah's commission.
How To Communicate It
Use the form to ask what kind of response is in view: hearing with the ears inside a larger sequence of perceiving, understanding, turning, and healing. Keep the grammar tied to that sequence.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the imperfect label prove more than the sentence supports.
- 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.
- Do not use the grammar profile as a shortcut around the wording and logic of the verse.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Qal
Imperfect
Third person
Masculine
Singular
The imperfect form presents the action as unfolding, expected, desired, or modal in context; Isaiah 6:10 determines how that force is heard.
This form carries the BSB rendering "hear" within Isaiah 6:10. 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 action rendered "hear" in Isaiah 6:10
The form stands inside Isaiah 6:10's hearing, understanding, turning, and healing sequence within the Lord's commission speech.
It names the hearing action in the ear line of the verse, where perception is discussed under the judicial commission context.
The form does not by itself settle the whole doctrine of hardening, prove a simple future prediction, or define every use of H8085.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form names hearing inside Isaiah 6:10's perception, understanding, turning, and healing sequence.
Qal imperfect third masculine singular. states the hearing action within the verse's response sequence. Attached to the hearing action in the ear line. Governed by Isaiah 6:10's judicial commission context. The form contributes to the perception sequence but does not carry the whole hardening doctrine by itself.
What response action is named in the ear line? The line names hearing, which stands with seeing, understanding, turning, and healing in the verse.
Direct: The form directly supports the rendering "hear" in the perception sequence.
The imperfect should be interpreted inside the judicial commission speech. The third masculine singular form is used in a collective people context supplied by the verse.
Imperfect alone proves future hardening: The form contributes to the clause; Isaiah 6:10 supplies the commission and response framework. grammar alone settles hardening doctrine: The grammar names hearing, while the passage and canon govern the doctrine.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:10 links the English rendering "hear" with יִשְׁמָ֗ע, Strong's H8085, and the morphology tag V-Qal-Imperf-3ms.
H8085 is represented here by the lemma שָׁמַע. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "hear" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular functions in Isaiah 6:10's perception sequence. The imperfect is heard through the surrounding commission context rather than as an isolated future tense.
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 6:10, use this form to show the hearing line within the seeing, hearing, understanding, turning, and healing sequence, while keeping the claim inside Isaiah's commission.
Do not use the imperfect form alone to settle divine hardening or human response. The form clarifies the hearing action in this clause; Isaiah 6 supplies the theological frame.