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Isaiah 53:2-5

2For he shall grow upוַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927beforeלְפָנָ֗יוle.fa.NavH6440him as a tender plantכַּיּוֹנֵ֜קkai.yo.NekH3126,and as a rootוְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ve.kha.Sho.reshH8328out of a dryצִיָּ֔הtzi.YahH6723groundמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776:he hath no formתֹ֥אַרTo.'arH8389nor comelinessהָדָ֑רha.DarH1926;and when we shall seeוְנִרְאֵ֥הוּve.nir.'E.huH7200him, there isno beautyמַרְאֶ֖הmar.'EhH4758that we should desireוְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃ve.nech.me.De.huH2530him.

3He is despisedנִבְזֶה֙niv.ZehH959and rejectedוַחֲדַ֣לva.cha.DalH2310of menאִישִׁ֔ים'i.ShimH376;a manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of sorrowsמַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakh.'o.VotH4341,and acquaintedוִיד֣וּעַvi.Du.a'H3045with griefחֹ֑לִיCho.liH2483:and we hid as it wereוּכְמַסְתֵּ֤רu.khe.mas.TerH4564ourfacesפָּנִים֙pa.NimH6440from him; he was despisedנִבְזֶ֖הniv.ZehH959,and we esteemedחֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃cha.shav.Nu.huH2803him not.

4Surelyאָכֵ֤ן'a.KhenH403he hath borneנָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'H5375our griefsחֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙cho.la.Ye.nuH2483,and carriedסְבָלָ֑םse.va.LamH5445our sorrowsוּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּu.makh.'o.Vei.nuH4341:yet we did esteemחֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּcha.shav.Nu.huH2803him strickenנָג֛וּעַna.Gu.a'H5060,smittenמֻכֵּ֥הmu.KehH5221of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,and afflictedוּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃u.me.'u.NehH6031.

5But he waswoundedמְחֹלָ֣לme.cho.LalH2490for our transgressionsמִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּmi.pe.sha.'E.nuH6588, he wasbruisedמְדֻכָּ֖אme.du.Ka'H1792for our iniquitiesמֵעֲוֹנֹתֵ֑ינוּme.'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771:the chastisementמוּסַ֤רmu.SarH4148of our peaceשְׁלוֹמֵ֙נוּ֙she.lo.Me.nuH7965wasupon him; and with his stripesוּבַחֲבֻרָת֖וֹu.va.cha.vu.ra.ToH2250we are healedנִרְפָּא־nir.pa'-H7495.

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