Isaiah 38:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”

Isaiah 38:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 38:1812 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

שְׁא֛וֹלšəʾwōl

gravenounH7585

hell · pit

תּוֹדֶ֖/ךָּtwōdekā

castverbH3034

confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···

מָ֣וֶתmāwet

deadnounH4194

death · die

יְהַלְלֶ֑/ךָּyəhaləlekā

boastverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יְשַׂבְּר֥וּyəśabərw

hopeverbH7663

tarry · view · wait

יֽוֹרְדֵיywōrədēy

bring downverbH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

ב֖וֹרbwōr

cisternnounH953

dungeon · fountain · pit · well

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָʾămitekā

assurednounH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

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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