13{
"verseID": "Isaiah.38.13",
"source": "שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֙קֶר֙ כּֽ͏ָאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "*Šiwwîtî* until-*bōqer* like-the-*ʾărî* thus *yəšabbēr* all-*ʿaṣmôtāy* from-*yôm* until-*laylâ* *tašlîmēnî*.",
"grammar": {
"*Šiwwîtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I set/composed",
"*bōqer*": "masculine singular noun - morning",
"*ʾărî*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - lion",
"*yəšabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he breaks",
"*ʿaṣmôtāy*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my bones",
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*Šiwwîtî*": "I set, I composed, I waited patiently",
"*bōqer*": "morning, dawn",
"*ʾărî*": "lion, predator",
"*yəšabbēr*": "he breaks, he shatters, he crushes",
"*tašlîmēnî*": "you will finish me, you will complete me, you will make an end of me"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Isaiah.38.14",
"source": "כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "Like-*sûs* *ʿāgûr* thus *ʾăṣapṣēp* *ʾehgeh* like-the-*yônâ* *dallû* *ʿênay* to-the-*mārôm* *ʾădōnāy* *ʿāšqâ*-to-me *ʿārbēnî*.",
"grammar": {
"*sûs*": "masculine singular noun - swift",
"*ʿāgûr*": "masculine singular noun - crane",
"*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "pilpel imperfect, 1st person singular - I chirp",
"*ʾehgeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I moan",
"*yônâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - dove",
"*dallû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are weak",
"*ʿênay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes",
"*mārôm*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - height",
"*ʾădōnāy*": "proper noun - my Lord",
"*ʿāšqâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she oppresses",
"*ʿārbēnî*": "qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be surety for me"
},
"variants": {
"*sûs*": "swift, swallow",
"*ʿāgûr*": "crane, wryneck, swallow",
"*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "I chirp, I twitter, I peep",
"*ʾehgeh*": "I moan, I murmur, I meditate",
"*yônâ*": "dove, pigeon",
"*dallû*": "they are weak, they fail, they languish",
"*mārôm*": "height, heaven, on high",
"*ʿāšqâ*": "she oppresses, she mistreats",
"*ʿārbēnî*": "be surety for me, take responsibility for me, pledge for me"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Isaiah.38.15",
"source": "מָֽה־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר־לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל־שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "What-*ʾădabbēr* and-*wəʾāmar*-to-me and-he *ʿāśâ* *ʾeddaddeh* all-*šənôtay* upon-*mar* *napšî*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾădabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will speak",
"*wəʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and he has said",
"*ʿāśâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has done",
"*ʾeddaddeh*": "hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - I will walk softly",
"*šənôtay*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my years",
"*mar*": "masculine singular construct - bitterness of",
"*napšî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾădabbēr*": "I will speak, I should say",
"*ʾeddaddeh*": "I will walk softly, I will go slowly, I will tread carefully",
"*mar*": "bitterness, grief, distress",
"*napšî*": "my soul, my life, my self"
}
}