Isaiah

Isaiah 38:19–22

¹⁹The living, only the living, can thank You,

as I do today;

fathers will tell their children

about Your faithfulness.

²⁰The LORD will save me;

we will play songs on stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

in the house of the LORD.

²¹Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

²²And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The living	חַ֥י	ḥay	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
only the living	חַ֛י	ḥay	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
can thank You	יוֹדֶ֖ךָ	yō·w·ḏe·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H3034 throw, cast
as I do today	כָּמ֣וֹנִי	kā·mō·w·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H3644 like, as, when
fathers	אָ֣ב	’āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
will tell	יוֹדִ֖יעַ	yō·w·ḏî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
their children	לְבָנִ֔ים	lə·ḇā·nîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
about	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Your faithfulness	אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃	’ă·mit·te·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
will save me	לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי	lə·hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H3467 deliver
we will play songs	נְנַגֵּ֛ן	nə·nag·gên	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural	H5059 touch
on stringed instruments	וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י	ū·nə·ḡi·nō·w·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H5058 music
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the days	יְמֵ֥י	yə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of our lives	חַיֵּ֖ינוּ	ḥay·yê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H2416 alive, living
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the house	בֵּ֥ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now Isaiah	יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ	yə·ša‘·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3470 Jeshajah
had said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Prepare	יִשְׂא֖וּ	yiś·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
a lump	דְּבֶ֣לֶת	də·ḇe·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1690 lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake
of pressed figs	תְּאֵנִ֑ים	tə·’ê·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8384 fig
and apply	וְיִמְרְח֥וּ	wə·yim·rə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4799 rub
it to	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the boil	הַשְּׁחִ֖ין	haš·šə·ḥîn	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7822 boil
and he will recover	וְיֶֽחִי׃	wə·ye·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H2421 live

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ	ḥiz·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2396 Chizkijah
had asked	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
What	מָ֣ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
will be the sign	א֑וֹת	’ō·wṯ	Noun - common singular	H226 sign
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I will go up	אֶעֱלֶ֖ה	’e·‘ĕ·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to the house	בֵּ֥ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh