Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

I have an idea for an alternative translation of Isaiah 52:14 that I don’t 
think I have ever sent to b-hebrew. It could fit Judaism or Christianity’s 
beliefs, so I don’t think it is religiously controversial.
 
Usually, it is translated as "like multitudes were shocked about you 
(Israel?), so is marred from a man his form and from sons of man his image, 
thus he will sprinkle (he will startle) many nations."
 
I think it could say "like multitudes were shocked about you (Israel?), so is 
a destroyer (or one caused to destroy) (hiphil or hophal), from a man his 
form and from sons of man his image, thus he will sprinkle many nations."
 
Isaiah 63 says that G-d will be shocked that there is no man to help, and in 
the form of a man, He will trample the nations and sprinkle their blood on 
His clothing.
 
I think the hiphil or hophal form of the verb is in Jeremiah 22:7 that says 
G-d will send destroyers (hiphil without the yud) or ones caused to destroy 
(hophal).
 
Kenneth Greifer