Isaiah 38:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.”

Isaiah 38:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 38:219 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּyəšaʿəyāhw

IsaiahnounH3470

Jesaiah · Jeshaiah

יִשְׂא֖וּyiśəʾw

acceptverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

דְּבֶ֣לֶתdəbelet

cake of figsnounH1690

תְּאֵנִ֑יםtəʾēniym

fignounH8384

וְ/יִמְרְח֥וּwəyimərəḥw

lay for a plaisterconjH4799

עַֽלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/שְּׁחִ֖יןhašəḥiyn

boilparticleH7822

botch

וְ/יֶֽחִיwəyeḥiy

keep (leaveconjH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

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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