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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הִנֵּ֥ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 2 | לְשָׁל֖וֹם | H7965 | Behold for peace | safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace |
| 3 | מָ֑ר | H4751 | I had great bitterness | bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly |
| 4 | לִ֣י | H0 | ||
| 5 | מָ֑ר | H4751 | I had great bitterness | bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly |
| 6 | וְאַתָּ֞ה | H859 | thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | |
| 7 | חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ | H2836 | but thou hast in love | to cling, i.e., join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver |
| 8 | נַפְשִׁי֙ | H5315 | to my soul | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 9 | מִשַּׁ֣חַת | H7845 | delivered it from the pit | a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction |
| 10 | בְּלִ֔י | H1097 | of corruption | properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc |
| 11 | כִּ֥י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 12 | הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ | H7993 | for thou hast cast | to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively) |
| 13 | אַחֲרֵ֥י | H310 | behind | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
| 14 | גֵוְךָ֖ | H1460 | thy back | the back; by analogy, the middle |
| 15 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 16 | חֲטָאָֽי׃ | H2399 | all my sins | a crime or its penalty |
Verse Context
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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
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