כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙ בְּסֹ֣וד יְהוָ֔ה וְיֵ֖רֶא וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־דְּבָרֹ֑ו מִֽי־הִקְשִׁ֥יב דְּבָרִ֖י וַיִּשְׁמָֽע׃ ס
For who has stood in the council of YHWH, that he should see and hear His word? Who has given ear to My word and listened?
Morphology
- כִּ֣י (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces a rhetorical question or reason.
- מִ֤י (mi) – Root: מי; Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “Who”; Notes: Introduces a question about identity.
- עָמַד֙ (ʿāmad) – Root: עמד; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “has stood”; Notes: Indicates a completed action; standing in a place of counsel or presence.
- בְּסֹ֣וד (be-sōd) – Root: סוד; Form: Preposition + noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “in the council of”; Notes: Refers to intimate counsel, secret deliberation, or divine assembly.
- יְהוָ֔ה (YHWH) – Root: היה; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The divine name of Israel’s God.
- וְיֵ֖רֶא (ve-yēreʾ) – Root: ראה; Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav; Translation: “that he should see”; Notes: Expresses result or purpose following rhetorical question.
- וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע (ve-yishmaʿ) – Root: שמע; Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav; Translation: “and hear”; Notes: Continuation of purpose/result construction.
- אֶת־דְּבָרֹ֑ו (ʾet-devarō) – Root: דבר; Form: Direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “His word(s)”; Notes: Refers to divine utterance.
- מִֽי־הִקְשִׁ֥יב (mi-hiqshīv) – Root: קשׁב; Form: Interrogative pronoun + Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “Who has paid attention”; Notes: Hiphil indicates causative sense: “cause to give ear, attend.” Continues rhetorical questioning.
- דְּבָרִ֖י (devarai) – Root: דבר; Form: Noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “My words”; Notes: Refers to the speaker’s (YHWH’s) speech.
- וַיִּשְׁמָֽע (vayyishmaʿ) – Root: שמע; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “and listened”; Notes: Wayyiqtol form denotes sequential past; rhetorical continuation of earlier question.