Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

All of the translations I have say "pained"

Anyway, it couldn't mean "pierced", because the subject is the people 
of Israel, how could you pierce a collection of people?

Shoshanna



Shoshanna,
You said, "Chalal means (empty) space."
While that is one definition of the word I found in my Hebrew 
dictionaries/lexicons, they also include the definition pierce, to 
bore through. I can understand how the basic meaning pierce can also 
carry the idea of wounding as most versions of Isaiah 53:5 translate 
this or how this could also come to mean an empty space. How would 
you translate Isaiah 53:5 assuming the meaning of Chalal in this 
instance is "empty space"?
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
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