יָבִ֛ין (yā·ḇîn) in Isaiah 6:10: Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
יָבִ֛ין (yā·ḇîn) in Isaiah 6:10
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:10 links the English rendering "understand" with יָבִ֛ין, Strong's H995, and the morphology tag V-Qal-Imperf-3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies that understanding is part of a linked response sequence, not a detached vocabulary item. It marks the heart-level action without carrying the whole theological argument alone.
How To Communicate It
Use the form to ask what kind of response is named after hearing. The answer is understanding with the heart, read inside Isaiah 6's commission.
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 "understand" 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 "understand" in Isaiah 6:10
The form belongs to Isaiah 6:10's sequence of seeing, hearing, understanding, turning, and healing.
It names the heart-level understanding action in the verse, keeping comprehension tied to the judicial commission context.
The form does not by itself settle the doctrine of hardening, define all understanding language, or make Qal mean the matter is simple.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form names heart-level understanding in Isaiah 6:10's perception and response sequence.
Qal imperfect third masculine singular. states the understanding response within the commission speech. Attached to the heart-level understanding action. Governed by the seeing, hearing, understanding, turning, and healing sequence in Isaiah 6:10. The form marks the action, but the judicial commission context carries the theological weight.
What response is named after hearing? The verse names understanding with the heart.
Direct: The form directly supports the rendering "understand" in the response sequence.
The imperfect should be interpreted inside the commission speech, not as an abstract tense rule. Qal should not be used to imply that the matter is simple or uncomplicated.
Qal means simple: Qal is the stem label here; Isaiah 6:10, not the label alone, governs the understanding claim. grammar alone settles hardening doctrine: The form names understanding, while the passage and canon govern the doctrine.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:10 links the English rendering "understand" with יָבִ֛ין, Strong's H995, and the morphology tag V-Qal-Imperf-3ms.
H995 is represented here by the lemma בִּין. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "understand" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular functions in the heart-understanding line of Isaiah 6:10. The surrounding sequence gives the imperfect its contextual force.
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 distinguish hearing from heart-level understanding, then keep both inside Isaiah's commission context.
Do not make the imperfect form alone prove a complete theology of perception, hardening, or repentance. The form clarifies the understanding clause inside Isaiah 6:10.