Isaiah 38:14
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
סָפַד
çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
יוֹנָה
yôwnâh
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
יָאַל
yâʼal
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Key Terms in This Verse
יָאַל yâʼal
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Study H2974 →סָפַד çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Study H5594 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →Cross References
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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