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The living,חַיthe living,חַיheהוּאthanks you,יוֹדֶךָas I doכָּמוֹנִיtoday;הַיּוֹםa fatherאָבto his childrenלְבָנִיםwill make knownיוֹדִיעַyour truth.אֶל אֲמִתֶּךָ
Isaiah 38:19
Study it in the app“The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do today; a father to his children will make known your truth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 38:19, word by word
- The livingחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- thanks youיוֹדֶyode
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “yode” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- a fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- to his childrenבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- will make knownיוֹדִיעַyodia
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “yodia” appears- your truthאֲמִתֶּamite
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “amite” appears
The context
18For Sheol does not thank you, nor does death praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your truth.
19 · This verse (above)
20YHWH is there to save me; and my stringed instruments we will play all the days of our life at the house of YHWH.”