King James Version

Isaiah 38:21

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּyeshayahvIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָהnoun, proper name — “Isaiah”H3470Jeshajah, the name of seven IsraelitesIsaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.יִשְׂא֖וּyisvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…דְּבֶ֣לֶתdeveletcake of figsדְּבֵלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “cake of figs”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1690a cake of pressed figscake (lump) of figs.תְּאֵנִ֑יםteenimfigתְּאֵןnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “fig”, the ordinary formH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).וְיִמְרְח֥וּveyimrechvand lay for a plaisterמָרַחconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and lay for a plaister”, an unfinished actionH4799properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure; hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollientlay for a plaister.עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַשְּׁחִ֖יןhashchinthe boilשְׁחִיןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the boil”, the ordinary formH7822inflammation, i.e. an ulcerboil, botch.וְיֶֽחִיveyechiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Isaiah saith, 'Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'

World English Bible

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”

Darby Translation

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Douay-Rheims

Now Isaias had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as it plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now Esaias had said to Ezekias; Take a cake of figs, and mash them, and apply them as a plaister, and thou shalt be well.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἡσαΐας πρὸς Ἐζεκίαν, λάβε παλάθην ἐκ σύκων, καὶ τρίψον, καὶ κατάπλασαι, καὶ ὑγιὴς ἔσῃ.