Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 38:17 Interlinear

Behold for peace I had great bitterness I had great bitterness but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption for thou hast cast behind thy back all my sins

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִנֵּ֥הH2009lo!
2לְשָׁל֖וֹםH7965Behold for peacesafe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
3מָ֑רH4751I had great bitternessbitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
4לִ֣יH0
5מָ֑רH4751I had great bitternessbitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
6וְאַתָּ֞הH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
7חָשַׁ֤קְתָּH2836but thou hast in loveto cling, i.e., join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
8נַפְשִׁי֙H5315to my soulproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
9מִשַּׁ֣חַתH7845delivered it from the pita pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
10בְּלִ֔יH1097of corruptionproperly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
11כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
12הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּH7993for thou hast castto throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
13אַחֲרֵ֥יH310behindproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
14גֵוְךָ֖H1460thy backthe back; by analogy, the middle
15כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16חֲטָאָֽי׃H2399all my sinsa crime or its penalty

Verse Context

Isaiah 38:16O Lord by these things men live and in all these things is the life...
Isaiah 38:17 (current) Behold for peace I had great bitterness I had great bitterness but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption for thou hast cast behind thy back all my sins
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee death can not celebrate...

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