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Isaiah 38

Isa. 38:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Like a crane
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
or a swallow
`aguwr (Hebrew #5693)
passive part (but with active sense) of an unused root meaning to twitter: probably the swallow
KJV usage: swallow.
Pronounce: aw-goor'
, so did I chatter
tsaphaph (Hebrew #6850)
to coo or chirp (as a bird)
KJV usage: chatter, peep, whisper.
Pronounce: tsaw-faf'
Origin: a primitive root
: I did mourn
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
l as a dove
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
: mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
fail
dalal (Hebrew #1809)
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
KJV usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Pronounce: daw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1802)
with looking upward
marowm (Hebrew #4791)
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
KJV usage: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Pronounce: maw-rome'
Origin: from 7311
: O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, I am oppressed
`oshqah (Hebrew #6234)
anguish
KJV usage: oppressed.
Pronounce: osh-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 6233
; φundertake
`arab (Hebrew #6148)
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV usage: engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
for me.
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Isa. 59:11• 11We 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. (Isa. 59:11)
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or, ease me.

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Crane,
Dove,
Swallow

Cross References

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a crane.
Job 30:29• 29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. (Job 30:29)
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Psa. 102:4‑7• 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
 7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psa. 102:4‑7)
I did mourn.
Isa. 59:11• 11We 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. (Isa. 59:11)
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Ezek. 7:16• 16But 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. (Ezek. 7:16)
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Nah. 2:7• 7And 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. (Nah. 2:7)
mine eyes.
Psa. 69:3• 3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psa. 69:3)
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Psa. 119:82,123• 82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
 123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. (Psa. 119:82,123)
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Psa. 123:1‑4• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:1‑4)
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Lam. 4:17• 17As 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. (Lam. 4:17)
I am.
Psa. 119:122• 122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. (Psa. 119:122)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Hear 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. (Psa. 143:7)
undertake for me.
or, ease me.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed with looking upward: Lordg, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

JND Translation Notes

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Others read "Jehovah."