Isaiah 38:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Like-sûs ʿāgûr thus ʾăṣapṣēp ʾehgeh like-the-yônâ dallû ʿênay to-the-mārôm ʾădōnāy ʿāšqâ-to-me ʿārbēnî.

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Isa 59:11 : 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Ezek 7:16 : 16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Nah 2:7 : 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
Job 17:3 : 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Ps 102:4-7 : 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 123:1-4 : 1 A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Ps 143:7 : 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

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