- 1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה
- 2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,וַיַּסֵּ֧ב חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ פָּנָ֖יו אֶל הַקִּ֑יר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל יְהוָֽה
- 3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ זְכָר נָ֞א אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי לְפָנֶ֗יךָ בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙ וּבְלֵ֣ב שָׁלֵ֔ם וְהַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ עָשִׂ֑יתִי וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל
- 4Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר
- 5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.הָל֞וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ יוֹסִ֣ף עַל יָמֶ֔יךָ חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה
- 6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.וּמִכַּ֤ף מֶֽלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֙ אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י עַל הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת
- 7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;וְזֶה הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר
- 8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.הִנְנִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת צֵ֣ל הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרְדָה֩ בְמַעֲל֨וֹת אָחָ֥ז בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת וַתָּ֤שָׁב הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָֽדָה
- 9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:מִכְתָּ֖ב לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ וַיְחִ֖י מֵחָלְיֽוֹ
- 10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי
- 11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לֹא אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּ֑ים לֹא אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל
- 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי
- 13I 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.שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כָּֽאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי
- 14Like 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.כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה עָרְבֵֽנִי
- 15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.מָֽה אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי
- 16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי
- 17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.הִנֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם מַר מָ֑ר וְאַתָּ֞ה חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ נַפְשִׁי֙ מִשַּׁ֣חַת בְּלִ֔י כִּ֥י הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גֵוְךָ֖ כָּל חֲטָאָֽי
- 18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ לֹֽא יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ב֖וֹר אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽךָ
- 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.חַ֥י חַ֛י ה֥וּא יוֹדֶ֖ךָ כָּמ֣וֹנִי הַיּ֑וֹם אָ֣ב לְבָנִ֔ים יוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽךָ
- 20The 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.יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה
- 21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי
- 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מָ֣ה א֑וֹת כִּ֥י אֶעֱלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה
Isaiah 38 KJV
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276 tagged Hebrew tokens145 distinct lexical entries22 of 22 verses source-tagged
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
יוֹםH3117
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
חִזְקִיָּהH2396
Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
חַיH2416
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
חָיָהH2421
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
מַעֲלָהH4609
elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
בַּיִתH1004
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יָרַדH3381
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
Hebrew verse gematria
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| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Isaiah 38:1 | 7,087 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:2 | 1,319 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:3 | 6,661 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:4 | 966 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:5 | 9,816 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:6 | 4,952 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:7 | 3,145 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:8 | 8,987 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:9 | 1,802 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:10 | 3,773 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:11 | 4,433 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:12 | 3,732 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:13 | 4,876 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:14 | 4,239 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:15 | 2,502 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:16 | 1,795 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:17 | 5,547 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:18 | 4,288 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:19 | 3,082 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:20 | 2,567 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:21 | 3,899 | study verse |
| Isaiah 38:22 | 1,419 | study verse |
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