Isaiah 38:12

“My dwelling has been pulled up and removed from me like a tent of a shepherd; I have rolled up like the weaver my life; from the threads of the loom he will cut me off; from day to night you will make an end of me.”

Isaiah 38:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 38:12, word by word

My dwellingדּוֹרִdori

dwelling

A home, a place to live.

Where else “dori” appears
has been pulled upנִסַּעnisa

pull up

To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.

Where else “nisa” appears
and removedנִגְלָהnigla

go into exile

To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.

Where else “nigla” appears
like a tentאֹהֶלohel

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

Where else “ohel” appears
of a shepherdרֹעִroi

shepherd

Shepherd, one who tends the flock.

Where else “roi” appears
I have rolled upקִפַּדְתִּיkipadti

roll up

To roll up, to gather something by rolling it.

Where else “kipadti” appears
like the weaverאֹרֵגoreg

weave; weaver

Weave; weaver.

Where else “oreg” appears
my lifeחַיַּchaya

life

The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.

Where else “chaya” appears
from the threads of the loomדַּלָּהdala

tresses

Hair; also the loose threads of a loom.

Where else “dala” appears
he will cut me offיְבַצְּעֵyevatse

cut off

To end something, like the thread of life.

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from dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

Where else “layla” appears
you will make an end of meתַּשְׁלִימֵtashlime

be completed

To be finished, or kept safe.

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The context

11I said, “I shall not see Yah, Yah in the land of the living; I shall no longer look on a human being with the inhabitants of cessation.

12 · This verse (above)

13I calmed myself until morning; like a lion, so he breaks all my bones; from day to night you will make an end of me.

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