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The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: (KJV)
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מִכְתָּ֖בmikh.Tava writing
Lemma: מִכְתָּב (mikh.tav) · Strong's: H4385
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: writing
Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 32:16, Exodus 39:30, Deuteronomy 10:4, 2 Chronicles 21:12, 2 Chronicles 35:4, 2 Chronicles 36:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4385; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 1
לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּle.chiz.ki.Ya.huof Hezekiah
Lemma: חִזְקִיָּהוּ (chiz.qiy.yah) · Strong's: H2396G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hezekiah
Used 123 times. Also: 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 18:13, 2 Kings 18:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2396G; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 2
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 3
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 4
בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹba.cha.lo.Towhen was sick he
Lemma: חָלָה (cha.lah) · Strong's: H2470H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: be weak: ill
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 48:1, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 13:2, 2 Samuel 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2470H; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 5
וַיְחִ֖יvay.Chiand he lived
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 6
מֵחָלְיֽוֹ\׃me.chal.Yofrom sickness his
Lemma: חֳלִי (cho.li) · Strong's: H2483
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sickness
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, 1 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2483; TAHOT Isaiah 38:9 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [This is] a writing | → | מִכְתָּב H4385 writing |
| by Hezekiah | → | חִזְקִיָּהוּ H2396G Hezekiah |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
| after his illness | → | חָלָה H2470H be weak: ill |
| and recovery | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| . . . | → | חֳלִי H2483 sickness |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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