Jeremiah 17:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְפָאֵ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ וְאֵ֣רָפֵ֔א הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה כִּ֥י תְהִלָּתִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

rĕpāʾēnî Yhwh and-ʾērāpēʾ hôšîʿēnî and-ʾiwwāšēʿâ for tĕhillātî ʾāttâ

Grammar Details

*rĕpāʾēnî*: qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - heal me
*Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾērāpēʾ*: niphal imperfect 1st person singular - I will be healed
*hôšîʿēnî*: hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - save me
*ʾiwwāšēʿâ*: niphal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me be saved
*tĕhillātî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my praise
*ʾāttâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you

Word Meanings

*rĕpāʾēnî*: heal me/cure me/make me whole
*ʾērāpēʾ*: I will be healed/made whole/restored
*hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/rescue me
*tĕhillātî*: my praise/glory/boast

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 10:21 : 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Ps 6:2 : 2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
Ps 109:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Ps 60:5 : 5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.
Ps 6:4 : 4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Isa 57:18-19 : 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
Jer 15:20 : 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
Matt 8:25 : 25 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.
Matt 14:30 : 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is lord over us?
Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Ps 106:47 : 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Ps 148:14 : 14 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye Jehovah.
Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

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