Isaiah 38:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל־בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾădōnāy upon-them yiḥyû and-to-all-in-them ḥayyê rûḥî and-wətaḥălîmēnî and-wəhaḥăyēnî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾădōnāy*: proper noun - my Lord
• *yiḥyû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will live
• *ḥayyê*: masculine plural construct - life of
• *rûḥî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my spirit
• *wətaḥălîmēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and waw conjunction - and you will make me strong
• *wəhaḥăyēnî*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and waw conjunction - and revive me

Word Meanings

• *yiḥyû*: they will live, they shall live
• *ḥayyê*: life of, lives of
• *rûḥî*: my spirit, my breath, my wind
• *wətaḥălîmēnî*: and you will make me strong, and you will restore me to health
• *wəhaḥăyēnî*: and revive me, and preserve me alive, and restore me to life

Referenced Verses

• Deut 8:3 : 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
• Job 33:19-28 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him; 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returneth to the days of his youth. 26 He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness. 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
• Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
• Ps 119:25 : 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
• Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
• Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 {G1161} {G3303} All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, {G1223} [even the fruit] of righteousness.