Isaiah 38:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֙קֶר֙ כּֽ͏ָאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Šiwwîtî until-bōqer like-the-ʾărî thus yəšabbēr all-ʿaṣmôtāy from-yôm until-laylâ tašlîmēnî.

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 51:8 : 8 Make me to hear{H8686)} joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken{H8765)} may rejoice{H8799)}.
• Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
• Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
• 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
• 1 Kgs 13:24-26 : 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
• 1 Kgs 20:36 : 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
• Job 10:16-17 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
• Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
• Ps 39:10 : 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
• Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.