Isaiah 38:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, 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.”

Isaiah 38:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 38:1716 words

HebrewMeaning

הִנֵּ֥הhinēh

beholdparticleH2009

lo · see

לְ/שָׁל֖וֹםləšālwōm

familiarpronH7965

do · fare · favour · friend ···

מַרmar

bitter(-lyadjH4751

angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···

לִ֣/יliy

pron

מָ֑רmār

(beverbH4843

be in · deal · have · make) bitter(-ly ···

וְ/אַתָּ֞הwəʾatāh

theeconjH859

thou · ye · you

חָשַׁ֤קְתָּḥāšaqətā

have a delightverbH2836

desire · fillet · long · set love

נַפְשִׁ/י֙napəšiy

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

מִ/שַּׁ֣חַתmišaḥat

corruptionpronH7845

destruction · ditch · grave · pit

בְּלִ֔יbəliy

corruptionparticleH1097

ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּhišəlakətā

adventureverbH7993

cast (away · down · forth · off ···

אַחֲרֵ֥יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

גֵוְ/ךָ֖gēwəkā

backnounH1460

among · body

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

חֲטָאָֽ/יḥăṭāʾāy

faultnounH2399

grievously · offence · sin

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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