Isaiah 38:14

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped; I moaned like the dove; my eyes grew weak looking on high. Adonai, oppression is on me; be surety for me.”

Isaiah 38:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 38:14, word by word

Like a swallowסוּסsus

swallow

Another word spelled the same: a small fast-flying bird.

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like a craneעָגוּרagur

swallow? crane? (uncertain)

A bird; the identification is uncertain (crane or swallow).

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I chirpedאֲצַפְצֵףatsaftsef

chirp, whisper

To chirp, to twitter like a bird; also to whisper or mutter.

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I moanedאֶהְגֶּהehge

moan

To make a low sound, like a dove or a lion.

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like the doveיּוֹנָהyona

dove

A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.

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my eyesעֵינַena

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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grew weakדַּלּוּdalu

grow weak

To grow feeble or poor; shrink.

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looking on highמָּרוֹםmarom

height

What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.

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Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

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oppression is on meעָשְׁקָהashka

oppression, distress

Oppression, the anguish of one who is hard pressed.

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be surety for meעָרְבֵarve

be surety

To guarantee another's debt.

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The context

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.

14 · This verse (above)

15What shall I say? He said it to me, and he himself has done it; I shall walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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