Isaiah 38:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

YHWH ləhôšîʿēnî and-ûnəginôtay nənagēn all-yəmê ḥayyênû upon-bêt YHWH.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ləhôšîʿēnî*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition and 1st person singular suffix - to save me
*ûnəginôtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and waw conjunction - and my stringed instruments
*nənagēn*: piel imperfect, 1st person plural - we will play
*yəmê*: masculine plural construct - days of
*ḥayyênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our lives
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of

Word Meanings

*ləhôšîʿēnî*: to save me, to deliver me, to rescue me
*ûnəginôtay*: and my stringed instruments, and my music, and my songs
*nənagēn*: we will play, we will make music
*ḥayyênû*: our lives, our lifetime

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:13-14 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps 27:5-6 : 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Ps 30:11-12 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Ps 33:2 : 2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, open{H8799)} thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth{H8686)} thy praise.
Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will go{H8799)} into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay{H8762)} thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered{H8804)}, and my mouth hath spoken{H8765)}, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer{H8686)} unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer{H8799)} bullocks with goats. Selah.
Ps 68:25 : 25 The singers{H8802)} went before{H8765)}, the players on instruments{H8802)} followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels{H8802)}.
Ps 116:2 : 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Ps 116:17-19 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 145:2 : 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Hab 3:19 : 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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