Isaiah 38:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Dôrî nissaʿ and-wəniglâ from-me like-ʾōhel rōʿî qippadtî like-the-ʾōrēg ḥayyay from-dallâ yəbaṣṣəʿēnî from-yôm to-laylâ tašlîmēnî.

Grammar Details

• *Dôrî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my generation/dwelling
• *nissaʿ*: niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is pulled up/removed
• *wəniglâ*: niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and is removed
• *ʾōhel*: masculine singular noun - tent
• *rōʿî*: qal participle masculine singular construct - shepherd of
• *qippadtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have rolled up
• *ʾōrēg*: qal participle masculine singular with definite article - the weaver
• *ḥayyay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my life
• *dallâ*: feminine singular noun - thrum/threads
• *yəbaṣṣəʿēnî*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he cuts me off
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
• *laylâ*: masculine singular noun - night
• *tašlîmēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will finish me

Word Meanings

• *Dôrî*: my generation, my dwelling, my lifetime
• *nissaʿ*: is pulled up, is removed, is broken down
• *wəniglâ*: and is removed, and is carried away
• *ʾōhel*: tent, dwelling, tabernacle
• *rōʿî*: shepherd, herdsman
• *qippadtî*: I have rolled up, I have folded up
• *ʾōrēg*: weaver, one who weaves
• *dallâ*: thrum, threads, poverty
• *yəbaṣṣəʿēnî*: he cuts me off, he severs me
• *tašlîmēnî*: you will finish me, you will complete me, you will make an end of me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:14 : 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
• Heb 1:12 : 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
• Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
• 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
• 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
• Ps 89:45-47 : 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. {H5542} 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire? 47 Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
• Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
• Ps 102:23-24 : 23 He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.
• Ps 119:23 : 23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
• Isa 1:8 : 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
• Isa 13:20 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
• Job 4:20 : 20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
• Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
• Job 7:3-7 : 3 So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.
• Job 9:25-26 : 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good, 26 They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
• Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
• Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.