Isaiah 38:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

YHWH ləhôšîʿēnî and-ûnəginôtay nənagēn all-yəmê ḥayyênû upon-bêt YHWH.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ləhôšîʿēnî*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition and 1st person singular suffix - to save me
*ûnəginôtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and waw conjunction - and my stringed instruments
*nənagēn*: piel imperfect, 1st person plural - we will play
*yəmê*: masculine plural construct - days of
*ḥayyênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our lives
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of

Word Meanings

*ləhôšîʿēnî*: to save me, to deliver me, to rescue me
*ûnəginôtay*: and my stringed instruments, and my music, and my songs
*nənagēn*: we will play, we will make music
*ḥayyênû*: our lives, our lifetime

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:13-14 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; 14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps 27:5-6 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.
Ps 30:11-12 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. {H5542}
Ps 68:25 : 25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
Ps 116:2 : 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call [upon him] as long as I live.
Ps 116:17-19 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of Jehovah. 18 I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 145:2 : 2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Hab 3:19 : 19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.

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