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Whatמָהshall I say?אֲדַבֵּרHe said itוְאָמַרto me,לִיand he himselfוְהוּאhas done it;עָשָׂהI shall walk slowlyאֶדַּדֶּהallכָלmy yearsשְׁנוֹתַיbecause ofעַלthe bitternessמַרof my soul.נַפְשִׁי
Isaiah 38:15
Study it in the app“What 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 38:15, word by word
- shall I sayאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- He said itאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- has done itעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- I shall walk slowlyאֶדַּדֶּהedade
go slowly
A rare verb whose sense is not fully certain: to walk slowly, with a gentle or solemn step, as one who goes in a procession.
Where else “edade” appears- my yearsשְׁנוֹתַshenota
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenota” appears- the bitternessמַרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- of my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
The context
14Like 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Adonai, by these things they live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit; and you will restore me and make me live.