The Meaning of Isaiah 38:6 Explained

Isaiah 38:6

KJV: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

YLT: and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.

Darby: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

ASV: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will deliver  thee and this city  out of the hand  of the king  of Assyria:  and I will defend  this city. 

What does Isaiah 38:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord furthermore promised unconditionally to deliver Hezekiah and Jerusalem from the king of Assyria. This deliverance happened later in701 B.C. (chs36-37).
"The close association of Hezekiah"s recovery with the city"s deliverance suggests that the king epitomizes the city. Both Hezekiah and Jerusalem came to the threshold of death, but both were given a new lease on life because of the king"s faithful deeds." [1]
Isaiah 38:21-22 fit chronologically at this place in the narrative.

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 38

1  Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened
8  The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise
9  His song of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Isaiah 38:6 mean?

And from the hand of the king of Assyria I will deliver you and city this and I will defend upon this
וּמִכַּ֤ף מֶֽלֶךְ־ אַשּׁוּר֙ אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י עַל־ הַזֹּֽאת

וּמִכַּ֤ף  And  from  the  hand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כַּף  
Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  of  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
אַשּׁוּר֙  of  Assyria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔  I  will  deliver  you 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: נָצַל  
Sense: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder.
הָעִ֣יר  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַזֹּ֑את  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י  and  I  will  defend 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: גָּנַן  
Sense: to defend, cover, surround.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַזֹּֽאת  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.

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