Isaiah 38:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

I ʾāmartî in-dəmî yāmay ʾēlēkâ in-šaʿărê šəʾôl puqqadtî yeter šənôtāy.

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
*dəmî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cessation/silence
*yāmay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my days
*ʾēlēkâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me go
*šaʿărê*: masculine plural construct - gates of
*šəʾôl*: feminine singular noun - Sheol
*puqqadtî*: pual perfect, 1st person singular - I am deprived of
*yeter*: masculine singular construct - remainder of
*šənôtāy*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my years

Word Meanings

*dəmî*: my cessation, my silence, my quiet, prime (of life)
*ʾēlēkâ*: let me go, I shall go
*šaʿărê*: gates of, entrances to
*šəʾôl*: Sheol, underworld, grave, death
*puqqadtî*: I am deprived of, I am appointed, I am assigned
*yeter*: remainder, rest, remnant

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 1:9 : 9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
Ps 102:24 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.
Ps 107:18 : 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient?
Job 7:7 : 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.
Job 17:11-16 : 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness. 13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

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