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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. (KJV)

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כְּס֤וּסke.Suslike a swallow

Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: swallow

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5483A; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 1

עָגוּר֙'a.Gura crane

Lemma: עָגוּר (a.gur) · Strong's: H5693

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: crane

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 8:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5693; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 2

כֵּ֣ןkenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 3

אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף'a.tzaf.TzefI chirp

Lemma: צָפַף (tsa.phaph) · Strong's: H6850

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)

Meaning: to whisper

Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 10:14, Isaiah 29:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6850; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 4

אֶהְגֶּ֖ה'eh.GehI moan

Lemma: הָגָה (ha.gah) · Strong's: H1897

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to mutter

Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 1:8, Job 27:4, Psalms 1:2, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 35:28, Psalms 37:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1897; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 5

כַּיּוֹנָ֑הkai.yo.Nahlike <the> dove

Lemma: יוֹנָה (yo.nah) · Strong's: H3123

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: dove

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12, Leviticus 1:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3123; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 6

דַּלּ֤וּda.Luthey are cast down

Lemma: דָּלַל (da.lal) · Strong's: H1809

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to languish

Used 9 times. Also: Judges 6:6, Job 28:4, Psalms 79:8, Psalms 116:6, Psalms 142:6, Proverbs 26:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1809; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 7

עֵינַי֙'ei.Naieyes my

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 8

לַמָּר֔וֹםla.ma.Romto the height[s]

Lemma: מָרוֹם (ma.rom) · Strong's: H4791

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: height

Used 54 times. Also: Judges 5:18, 2 Samuel 22:17, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:23, Job 5:11, Job 16:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4791; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 9

אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiO Lord

Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Lord

Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 10

עָֽשְׁקָה\־'a.she.kah-oppression

Lemma: עׇשְׁקָה (osh.qah) · Strong's: H6234

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: oppression

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6234; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 11

עָרְבֵֽנִי\׃'a.re.Ve.nistand surety for me

Lemma: עָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H6148

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to pledge

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32, 2 Kings 18:23, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 5:3, Job 17:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6148; TAHOT Isaiah 38:14 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I chirp	→	צָפַף H6850 to whisper
like a swallow	→	סוּס H5483A swallow
or crane	→	עָגוּר H5693 crane
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so
I moan	→	הָגָה H1897 to mutter
like a dove	→	יוֹנָה H3123 dove
My eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
grow weak	→	דָּלַל H1809 to languish
[as I look] upward	→	מָרוֹם H4791 height
O Lord	→	אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord
I am oppressed	→	עׇשְׁקָה H6234 oppression
be my security	→	עָרַב H6148 to pledge

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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