Isaiah 58:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָחֲךָ֣ יְהוָה֮ תָּמִיד֒ וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ יַחֲלִ֑יץ וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וּכְמוֹצָ֣א מַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְכַזְּב֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-nāḥăkā YHWH tāmîd wə-hiśbîaʿ in-ṣaḥṣāḥôt napšekā wə-ʿaṣmōtêkā yaḥălîṣ wə-hāyîtā like-gan rāweh û-like-môṣāʾ mayim ʾăšer not-yəkazzbû mêmāyw

Grammar Details

*wə*-*nāḥăkā*: conjunction with perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and he will guide you
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually
*wə*-*hiśbîaʿ*: conjunction with perfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - and he will satisfy
*bə*-*ṣaḥṣāḥôt*: preposition with noun plural - in drought
*napšekā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your soul
*wə*-*ʿaṣmōtêkā*: conjunction with noun plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your bones
*yaḥălîṣ*: imperfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - he will strengthen
*wə*-*hāyîtā*: conjunction with perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be
*kə*-*gan*: preposition with noun - like garden
*rāweh*: adjective - watered
*û*-*kə*-*môṣāʾ*: conjunction with preposition with noun - and like spring of
*mayim*: noun - water
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*lōʾ*-*yəkazzbû*: negative particle with imperfect 3rd person masculine plural piel - they do not fail
*mêmāyw*: noun plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its waters

Word Meanings

*nāḥăkā*: will guide you/will lead you
*tāmîd*: continually/always/regularly
*hiśbîaʿ*: will satisfy/will fill
*ṣaḥṣāḥôt*: drought/dry places/scorched regions
*napšekā*: your soul/your being/yourself
*ʿaṣmōtêkā*: your bones/your frame/your body
*yaḥălîṣ*: will strengthen/will invigorate/will make strong
*hāyîtā*: you will be/you will become
*gan*: garden/enclosure
*rāweh*: watered/well-watered/saturated
*môṣāʾ*: spring/source/place of going out
*mayim*: water/waters
*yəkazzbû*: fail/deceive/disappoint
*mêmāyw*: its waters

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Referenced Verses

Jer 31:12 : 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Hos 13:5 : 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Prov 11:25 : 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Ps 107:9 : 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Song 4:15 : 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
John 16:13 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Ezek 36:35 : 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Jer 17:8 : 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide{H8762)} even unto death.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou shalt guide{H8686)} me with thy counsel, and afterward receive{H8799)} me to glory.
Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit{H8799)} in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 6:15-20 : 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Ps 34:9-9 : 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied{H8799)}.
Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

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