Isaiah 58:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָחֲךָ֣ יְהוָה֮ תָּמִיד֒ וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ יַחֲלִ֑יץ וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וּכְמוֹצָ֣א מַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְכַזְּב֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-nāḥăkā YHWH tāmîd wə-hiśbîaʿ in-ṣaḥṣāḥôt napšekā wə-ʿaṣmōtêkā yaḥălîṣ wə-hāyîtā like-gan rāweh û-like-môṣāʾ mayim ʾăšer not-yəkazzbû mêmāyw

Grammar Details

*wə*-*nāḥăkā*: conjunction with perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and he will guide you
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually
*wə*-*hiśbîaʿ*: conjunction with perfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - and he will satisfy
*bə*-*ṣaḥṣāḥôt*: preposition with noun plural - in drought
*napšekā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your soul
*wə*-*ʿaṣmōtêkā*: conjunction with noun plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your bones
*yaḥălîṣ*: imperfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - he will strengthen
*wə*-*hāyîtā*: conjunction with perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be
*kə*-*gan*: preposition with noun - like garden
*rāweh*: adjective - watered
*û*-*kə*-*môṣāʾ*: conjunction with preposition with noun - and like spring of
*mayim*: noun - water
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*lōʾ*-*yəkazzbû*: negative particle with imperfect 3rd person masculine plural piel - they do not fail
*mêmāyw*: noun plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its waters

Word Meanings

*nāḥăkā*: will guide you/will lead you
*tāmîd*: continually/always/regularly
*hiśbîaʿ*: will satisfy/will fill
*ṣaḥṣāḥôt*: drought/dry places/scorched regions
*napšekā*: your soul/your being/yourself
*ʿaṣmōtêkā*: your bones/your frame/your body
*yaḥălîṣ*: will strengthen/will invigorate/will make strong
*hāyîtā*: you will be/you will become
*gan*: garden/enclosure
*rāweh*: watered/well-watered/saturated
*môṣāʾ*: spring/source/place of going out
*mayim*: water/waters
*yəkazzbû*: fail/deceive/disappoint
*mêmāyw*: its waters

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Referenced Verses

Jer 31:12 : 12 And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Hos 13:5 : 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
John 4:14 : 14 but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
Prov 11:25 : 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
Ps 107:9 : 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Song 4:15 : 15 [ Thou art] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
John 16:13 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
Ezek 36:35 : 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
Jer 17:8 : 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Prov 3:8 : 8 It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.
Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:
Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
Job 6:15-20 : 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.
1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, {G5547} direct our way unto you:

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