Isaiah 39:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ ט֥וֹב דְּבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י יִהְיֶ֛ה שָׁל֥וֹם וֶאֱמֶ֖ת בְּיָמָֽי׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Ḥizqiyyāhû to-Yešaʿyāhû ṭôb debar-YHWH which dibbartā and wayyōʾmer for yihyeh šālôm and ʾĕmet in yāmāy

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*Ḥizqiyyāhû*: proper name, subject of verb
*Yešaʿyāhû*: proper name - Isaiah
*ṭôb*: masculine singular, absolute - good
*debar*: construct state, masculine singular - word of
*YHWH*: proper divine name
*dibbartā*: Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have spoken
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - there will be
*šālôm*: masculine singular, absolute - peace
*ʾĕmet*: feminine singular, absolute - truth/faithfulness
*yāmāy*: masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my days

Word Meanings

*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/agreeable
*debar*: word/speech/command
*dibbartā*: you have spoken/you have said/you have declared
*šālôm*: peace/well-being/prosperity/completeness
*ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability/stability
*yāmāy*: my days/my lifetime/my era

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 32:26 : 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2 Chr 34:28 : 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
Job 1:21 : 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
Lam 3:22 : 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lam 3:39 : 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Zech 8:19 : 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
2 Sam 15:26 : 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

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