## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 38

###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:1:1
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**בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם.** שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים לִפְנֵי מַפַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל סַנְחֵרִיב חָלָה חִזְקִיָּהוּ, וְיוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי כְּשֶׁעָלָה בֵּית ה׳ הוּא יוֹם מַפַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל סַנְחֵרִיב, וְהוּא יוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל פֶּסַח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In those days** Three days before Sennacherib’s downfall, Hezekiah became ill, and the third day, when he went up to the house of the Lord, was the day of Sennacherib’s downfall, and it was the first festive day of Passover.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:1:2
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**כִּי מֵת אַתָּה וְלֹא תִחְיֶה.** מֵת אַתָּה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְלֹא תִחְיֶה לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, מִשּׁוּם דְּלָא נְסִיבַת אִיתְּתָא וכו׳, כִּדְאִיתָא בִּבְרָכוֹת (ברכות י ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for you are going to die and you shall not live** You are going to die in this world, and you shall not live in the world to come, for you have not married, as it is stated in Berachoth 10b.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:3:1
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**אָנָּה ה׳.** אַיֵּה רַחֲמָנוּתְךָ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Please, O Lord** (אָנָּה) Where is Your mercy?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:5:1
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**הִנְנִי יוֹסִף.** הִנְנִי הוּא אֲשֶׁר יוֹסִיף **עַל יָמֶיךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I will add** (יוֹסִיף, lit., he will add.) Behold I am He Who will add to your life.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:6:1
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**וּמִכַּף מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אַצִּילְךָ.** לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁלִּפְנֵי מַפֶּלֶת סַנְחֵרִיב חָלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from the hand of the king of Assyria will I save you** We deduce that he became ill before the downfall of Sennacherib.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:7:1
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**וְזֶה לְּךָ הָאוֹת.** שֶׁתִּתְרַפֵּא וְיִתְוַסְּפוּ **יָמֶיךָ**, כַּמְפוֹרָשׁ לְמַטָּה (ישעיהו לח:כב), וּבִמְלָכִים (מלכים ב כ:ח) שָׁאַל לוֹ: ״מָה אוֹת כִּי אֶעֱלֶה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And this is your sign** That you shall be cured, and that your days shall be increased, as is explained below (v. 22), and in Kings (2 20:8) he asked, “What is the sign that I will go up?”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:8:1
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**הִנְנִי מֵשִׁיב.** אֲחוֹרַנִּית **עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת אֶת** הַ**צֵּל אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I return** the shade backwards ten steps which it went down.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:8:2
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**צֵל הַמַּעֲלוֹת.** כְּמִין מַדְרֵגוֹת, עֲשׂוּיוֹת כְּנֶגֶד הַחַמָּה, לִבְחוֹן בָּהֶם שְׁעוֹת הַיּוֹם כְּעֵין אוֹרְלוֹגִין שֶׁעוֹשִׂין הָאֻמָּנִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the shade of the steps** A sort of steps made opposite the sun to determine the hours of the day, like the clocks (horloge in French) that craftsmen make (sectarians make [Parshandatha]).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:8:3
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**אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה.** מִהֲרָה לֵירֵד, וְנִתְקַצֵּר הַיּוֹם עֶשֶׂר שָׁעוֹת בְּיוֹם שֶׁמֵּת אָחָז כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יְהוּ מַסְפִּידִין אוֹתוֹ, וְעָלוּ עַכְשָׁיו לַאֲחוֹרֵיהֶם בְּיוֹם שֶׁנִּתְרַפֵּא חִזְקִיָּהוּ, וְנִתּוֹסְפוּ עַל הַיּוֹם עֶשֶׂר שָׁעוֹת (סנהדרין צו א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that it went down** It hastened to go down, and the day was shortened by ten hours on the day Ahaz died, in order that they should not eulogize him, and now they went backwards on the day Hezekiah recovered, and ten hours were added to the day.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:9:1
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**מִכְתָּב.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּתָב אוֹדָאָה עַל נִיסָא דְּאִיתְעֲבִיד לְחִזְקִיָּה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The writing of Hezekiah** Jonathan paraphrases: A writing of thanksgiving for the miracle performed for Hezekiah.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:10:1
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**אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בִּדְמִי יָמַי.** כְּשֶׁרָאִיתִי יָמַי בִּדְמִי, בְּשִׁמָּמוֹן וַחֲרִישָׁה, כְּמוֹ ״נִדְמָה כָּל עַם כְּנַעַן״ (צפניה א:יא). כְּלוֹמַר: כְּשֶׁחָלִיתִי אָמַרְתִּי **״אֵלֵכָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵי שְׁאוֹל״** – עַתָּה אָמוּת, לְפִי שֶׁעַד אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם לֹא נִתְרַפֵּא חוֹלֶה (פרקי דרבי אליעזר נב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I said, In the desolation of my days** (בִּדְמִי) When I saw my days בִּדְמִי, in desolation and in silence. Comp. (Zeph. 1:11) “For the entire people of Canaan has been silenced (נִדְמָה).” That is to say that when I became ill, I said, “I will go into the gates of the grave.” Now I will die, since, until that day, no sick person had recovered.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:10:2
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**פֻּקַּדְתִּי יֶתֶר שְׁנוֹתָי.** כְּמוֹ (במדבר לא:מט) ״לֹא נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ״ – נֶחְסַרְתִּי שְׁאָר שְׁנוֹתַי. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״עַל דּוּכְרָנִי לְטַב אִיתוֹסְפוּ עַל שְׁנַי״, נִפְקַדְתִּי לְטוֹבָה וְנִתְיַתְּרוּ שְׁנוֹתַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am deprived of the rest of my years** (פֻּקַּדְתִּי) Comp. “(Num. 31:49) No man was missing (נִפְקַד) of us.” I am missing the rest of my years. Jonathan, however, renders: My remembrance has entered for good; years have been added to my years. I have been visited (נִפְקַדְתִּי) for good, and my years have been increased.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:11:1
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(תוספת **אָמַרְתִּי לֹא אֶרְאֶה יָהּ.** לֹא אֶשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ עוֹד בַּשֵּׁם שֶׁל יָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
[**Addendum: I will not see the Eternal** (יָהּ) I will no longer use the name יָהּ.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:11:2
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**בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים.** חַיִּים מִשְׁתַּמְּשִׁין בּוֹ, אֲבָל הַמֵּתִים אֵינָם רַשָּׁאִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קטו:יז): ״לֹא הַמֵּתִים יְהַלְלוּיָהּ״. חֹק לַמֵּתִים שֶׁאֵין מַזְכִּירִין שֵׁם בֶּן שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת לְעוֹלָם עד כאן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the land of the living** The living use it, but the dead are not permitted, as it is said (Ps. 115:17): “The dead shall not praise the Eternal (יָהּ).” It is a rule for the dead that they may never mention the Name consisting of two letters.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:11:3
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**בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים.** בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the land of the living** in the Temple.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:11:4
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**לֹא אַבִּיט אָדָם.** חַי **עוֹד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will no longer look upon man** (I.e., I will) no longer (look upon) a living (man).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:11:5
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**עִם יוֹשְׁבֵי חָדֶל.** שֶׁאֶהְיֶה עִם הַמֵּתִים הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בְּאֶרֶץ חֲדֵלָה וּמְנוּעָה מִן הַחַיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with those who dwell in withdrawal** (חָדֶל) For I will be with the dead, who dwell in a land withdrawn and withheld from the living.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:12:1
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**דּוֹרִי נִסַּע וְנִגְלָה מִנִּי.** בְּנֵי דוֹרִי נָסְעוּ מִמֶּנִּי. **נִסַּע.** כְּמוֹ ׳נִסְּחוּ׳, כְּמוֹ ״בַּל יִסַּע יְתֵדוֹתָיו״ (ישעיהו לג:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My generation was removed and exiled from me** The people of my generation were removed from me. **was removed** (נִסַּע) synonymous with נִסְּחוּ. Comp. (supra 33:20) “whose pegs shall never be moved (יִסַּע).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:12:2
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**כְּאֹהֶל רֹעִי.** כְּאֹהֶל רוֹעֵי בְּהֵמָה, שֶׁמַּסִּיעוֹ מִכָּאן וְתוֹקְעוֹ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, כְּשֶׁכָּלָה מִרְעֶה זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a shepherd’s tent** Like the tent of one who tends animals, which he moves from here and sets up in another pasture when this pasture is depleted.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:12:3
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**קִפַּדְתִּי.** הִכְרַתִּי מַהֵר **חַיַּי כָאוֹרֵג** הַמְּמַהֵר לֶאֱרוֹג, כָּל זֶה הָיִיתִי סָבוּר. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״כְּנַחַל גְּדוּדִין״, כְּנַחַל הַמּוֹשֵׁךְ בֵּין גָּדוֹת גְּבוֹהִין שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְפַּשֵּׁט, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ מֵימָיו קַלִּים לָרוּץ. וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהוּא נַחַל חָרִיף שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ אוֹרֵג, וְהוּא שֶׁאָמַר (איוב ז:ו) ״יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי אָרֶג״, ״חָלְפוּ עִם אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה״ (איוב ט:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I severed** (קִפַּדְתִּי) I severed my life quickly, like a weaver who hastens to weave. All this I thought. Jonathan renders: Like a stream with banks, like a stream that flows between high banks, which does not spread out, and consequently, its water flows swiftly. And I say that it is a swift stream named Oreg, and this is what Job (7:6) said, “My days are lighter than Areg,” also (ibid. 9:26), “They passed with the ships of Ebeh.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:12:4
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**מִדַּלָּה יְבַצְּעֵנִי.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״מִיקַר מַלְכוּתִי אֲנָא גָּלֵי״. סָבוּר הָיִיתִי שֶׁעַתָּה יְבַצְּעֵנִי מִכָּל כְּבוֹדִי. דַּלָּה לְשׁוֹן ׳גֹּבַהּ׳, וְכֵן ״וְדַלַּת רֹאשֵׁךְ״ (שיר השירים ז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from glory He shall deprive me** (מִדַּלֶּה יְבַצְּעֵנִי). Jonathan renders: From the glory of my kingdom I am exiled. I thought that now He would deprive me of all my glory. The word דַלָּה is an expression of height. Comp. (Song 7:5) “And the braid (וְדַלַּת) of your head.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:12:5
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**מִיּוֹם וְעַד לַיְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵנִי.** כְּמוֹ ״מִזָּכָר וְעַד נְקֵבָה״ (במדבר ה:ג), כְּלוֹמַר: מִיָּמִים וּמִלֵּילוֹת תְּכַלֵּנִי, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״יְמָמִי וְלֵילָוָתִי שְׁלִימוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from day and night You shall finish me** (lit., from day to night.) Comp. (Num. 5:3) “Both male and female,” (lit., from male to female.) That is to say, from days and nights you shall finish me, and so did Jonathan render: My days and my nights are over.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:13:1
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**שִׁוִּיתִי.** עִצְמִי כָּל הַלַּיְלָה לִסְבּוֹל יִסּוּרֵי חֹלִי, וְנִתְגַּבַּרְתִּי **כָּאֲרִי** לִסְבּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I made [myself]** myself all night to suffer the tortures of the illness, and I strengthened myself like a lion to suffer.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:13:2
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**כֵּן יְשַׁבֵּר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי.** כְּמוֹ (שמות א:יב) ״כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ״. כָּל מַה שֶׁאֲנִי מִתְגַּבֵּר, כֵּן יִגְבַּר הַחֹלִי עָלַי לִשְׁבּוֹר כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so it would break my bones** Comp. (Ex. 1:12) “So they would multiply and so they would spread.” The more I would strengthen myself, so the illness would overpower me to break all my bones.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:14:1
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**כְּסוּס.** כְּמוֹ ״כְּסִיס״ (ירמיהו ח:ז), וְהוּא שֵׁם עוֹף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a crane** (סוּס) same as (Jer. 8:7), סִיס, and that is the name of a bird.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:14:2
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**כְּסוּס עָגוּר.** כְּמוֹ ׳כְּסוּס וְעָגוּר׳. (דבר אחר) כְּעוֹף זֶה שֶׁתְּפָשׂוּהוּ בִּגְרוֹנוֹ וְהוּא מְצַפְצֵף, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״כְּסוּסְיָא דְּאָחִיד וּמְנַצִּיף״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a crane, a swallow** like a crane and a swallow. (Alternatively,) like this bird, seized by the neck, and it screeches. So did Jonathan render: Like a crane that is caught and screeches.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:14:3
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**עָשְׁקָה לִּי.** כְּמוֹ ׳עֲשׁוֹק אוֹתִי׳, לְקָחֵנִי מִיַּד מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת וְעָרְבֵנִי לְהִנָּצֵל, לְשׁוֹן ׳עֲרֵבוּת׳, גרנטיא״ה בלע״ז, כְּמוֹ (תהלים קיט:קכב) ״עֲרֹב עַבְדְּךָ לְטוֹב״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rob me** (עָשְׁקָה), like עֲשֹׁק. Rob me, take me out of the hand of the angel of death, and pledge Yourself to save me. This (עָרְבֵנִי) is an expression of surety (garantieh in O.F.). Comp. (Ps. 119) “Pledge Yourself (עֲרוֹב) to Your servant for good.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:14:4
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**עָשְׁקָה לִּי.** עֲשׁוֹק אוֹתִי מִיָּדוֹ, כַּאֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר: ״רְפָא נָא לָהּ״ (במדבר יב:יג) רְפָא אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rob me** (לִי) Rob me from his hand. Comp. (Num. 12:13) “Please cure her (לָהּ),” like, cure her (אוֹתָהּ).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:15:1
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**מָה אֲדַבֵּר.** שֶׁבַח וְקִלּוּסִין לְפָנָיו, וַהֲרֵי **אָמַר לִי** נֶחָמוֹת, **וְהוּא** עֲשָׂאָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What shall I speak** praise and adoration before Him? Behold He promised me consolations, and He fulfilled them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:15:2
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**אֶדַּדֶּה כָל שְׁנוֹתַי.** כְּמוֹ ״וַתִּדַּד שְׁנָתִי״ (בראשית לא:מ). אֶתְנוֹדֵד מִכָּל שְׁנָתִי לְקַלֵּס לְפָנָיו. יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם שְׁנוֹתַי לְשׁוֹן ׳שָׁנִים׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will cause all my sleep to flee** Comp. (Gen. 31:40) “And my sleep fled.” Jonathan renders שְׁנוֹתַי as an expression of years.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:15:3
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**עַל מַר נַפְשִׁי.** שֶׁהָיְתָה מָרָה, וְנִחַמְתָּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**concerning the bitterness of my soul** which was bitter, and You consoled me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:16:1
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**אֲדֹנָי עֲלֵיהֶם יִחְיוּ.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״ה׳ עַל כָּל מֵיתַיָּא אֲמַרְתְּ לַאֲחָיָאה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord! Concerning them, [You said] they shall live** Jonathan renders: O Lord! Concerning all the dead, You said to resurrect.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:16:2
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**וּלְכָל בָּהֶן חַיֵּי רוּחִי.** ״וְקָדָם כֻּלְּהוֹן אַחְיָיתָא חַיֵּי רוּחִי״ (תרגום יונתן). וַאֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ: **ה׳ עֲלֵיהֶם.** עַל שְׁנוֹתַי הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְעֵיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and before all of them the life of my spirit** And before all of them He resurrected the life of my spirit. But I say according to the simple meaning: The Lord is upon them, upon ‘my years’ mentioned above.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:16:3
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**אֶדַּדֶּה כָל שְׁנוֹתַי.** ה׳ שִׁכֵּן שִׁכְנוֹ וְחַסְדּוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם, וְאָמַר לִי עַל פִּי נְבִיאוֹ **יִחְיוּ.**

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**‘How can I serve Him and repay Him for all the years,’** He caused His Shechinah and His kindness to rest upon them and said to me through His prophets, that they shall live.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:16:4
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**וּלְכָל בָּהֶן חַיֵּי רוּחִי.** וּלְכָל דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תְּלוּיִין בָּהֶן חַיֵּי רוּחִי, אָמַר **ה׳ עֲלֵיהֶם** וְ**יִחְיוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to all upon which the life of my soul depends** And to everything upon which the life of my soul depends, the Lord said concerning them and they shall live.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:16:5
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**וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי.** מֵעַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁתַּחֲלִימֵנִי וְתַחֲיֵּנִי. **תַּחֲלִימֵנִי,** תַּבְרִיאֵנִי וּתְחַזְּקֵנִי, כְּמוֹ (איוב לט:ד) ״יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You shall make me well** From now on, I know that you shall make me well and give me life. **You shall make me well** (תַּחְלִימֵנִי) You shall make me well and strengthen me. Comp. (Job 39:4) “Their children shall become strong (יַחְלְמוּ).”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:17:1
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**הִנֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם מַר לִי מָר.** כְּשֶׁנִּתְבַּשַּׂרְתִּי שָׁלוֹם אַף הוּא לִי מַר, שֶׁהֲרֵי תָּלוּ לִי הָרְפוּאָה בִּזְכוּת אֲחֵרִים: ״כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֵי דָוִד אָבִיךָ״ (ישעיהו לח:ה), ״לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי״ (ישעיהו לז:לה). כָּאן הוֹדַעְתַּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי חוֹטֵא (ברכות י ב). כָּךְ פֵּרְשׁוּ חֲכָמִים, אֲבָל לְפִי יִשּׁוּב הַמִּקְרָא מַשְׁמַע **הִנֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם מַר לִי מָר** – כְּשֶׁנִּתְבַּשַּׂרְתִּי מֵאִתְּךָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִיַּד סַנְחֵרִיב, מַר לִי מַר עַל חָלְיִי, שֶׁהָיִיתִי נָטוּי לָמוּת וְלֹא שָׂמַחְתִּי בַּבְּשׂוֹרָה, **וְאַתָּה** בְּטוּבְךָ **חָשַׁקְתָּ נַפְשִׁי** מִבְּלִי רֶדֶת שַׁחַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold for peace, it is bitter for me, yea it is bitter** When I was notified of the tidings of peace, even that was bitter for me, for my recovery was dependent upon the merit of others (v. 5): “So has the Lord God of your father David said...”; (supra 37:35) “For My sake and for the sake of David your father.” Here You let me know that I am a sinner (See Ber. 10b). (So did the Sages explain it, but in order to reconcile the verse, it appears to mean: Behold for peace, it was bitter for me, yea it was bitter - When I was given the news by You that You would save me from the hand of Sennacherib, it was bitter for me, yea it was bitter because of my illness, that I was close to death, and I did not rejoice with the news.) But You desired my soul, that it descend not to the grave.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:18:1
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**כִּי לֹא שְׁאוֹל תּוֹדֶךָּ.** אִם הָיִיתִי מֵת, לֹא הָיִיתִי מוֹדֶה לְךָ עַל הַנֵּס שֶׁל מַפֶּלֶת סַנְחֵרִיב, וְלֹא הָיִיתִי סוֹבֵר אֶל אֲמִתַּת הַבְטָחָתְךָ שֶׁהִבְטַחְתַּנִי עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
[**For the grave shall not thank You** Had I died, I would not thank You for the miracle of the downfall of Sennacherib, and I would not hope for the realization of Your promise that You promised me concerning him.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:19:1
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**חַי חַי.** לְשׁוֹן בְּנֵי אָדָם חַיִּים, כְּלוֹמַר: כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם חַיִּים בָּעוֹלָם, זֶה חַי וְזֶה חַי, יוֹצֵאת הַהוֹדָאָה מִבֵּינֵיהֶם. (ספרים אחרים: **חַי חַי** אַתָּה חַי וְנָאֶה לְהוֹדוֹת לְחַי.)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The living, the living** This is an expression denoting living people; i.e., when they are living people in the world, this one is living and this one is living, thanksgiving emanates from between them. [Other editions: **A living one to a living one** You are living, and it is proper to give thanksgiving to a living one.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:19:2
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**יוֹדִיעַ.** אשישפ״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**inform** enseigner in French, to teach.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:19:3
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**אֶל אֲמִתֶּךָ.** הָאָב מוֹדִיעַ וּמְכַוֵּן דַּעַת בְּנוֹ אֶל אֲמִתֶּךָ, לְהַאֲמִין בְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of Your truth** (lit., to your truth.) The father informs and directs his son’s thoughts to Your truth, to believe in You.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:21:1
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**דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים.** דְּבֶלֶת הָעֲשׂוּיָה מִתְּאֵנִים, כְּשֶׁהֵן לַחִין קְרוּיִין ׳תְּאֵנִים׳, וּכְשֶׁנִּדְרָסִין בְּעִגּוּל קְרוּיִין ׳דְּבֵלָה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a cake of pressed figs** (דְּבֶלֶת) A pressed cake made from figs. When they are fresh, they are called תְּאֵנִים, and when they are pressed into a circular cake, they are called דְּבֵלָה.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:21:2
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**וְיִמְרְחוּ.** וְיַחֲלִיקוּהָ לְדָבְקָהּ **עַל הַשְּׁחִין**, וְנֵס בְּתוֹךְ נֵס הָיָה, שֶׁאַף בָּשָׂר חַי שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין עָלָיו דְּבֵלָה מַסְרִיחַ, אֶלָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נוֹתֵן דָּבָר הַמְחַבֵּל לְתוֹךְ דָּבָר הַמִּתְחַבֵּל וּמְרַפֵּא (מכילתא בשלח ויסע א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and lay it for a plaster** And they shall smooth it out to cause it to adhere to the boil, and this was a miracle within a miracle, for, even healthy flesh, upon which pressed figs are placed, decays. But the Holy One, blessed be He, places an injurious substance upon vulnerable tissue, and it heals.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 38:22:1
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**מָה אוֹת.** מַה טּוֹב וּמַה נָּאֶה אוֹת זֶה הַנִּתָּן לִי, אֲשֶׁר **אֶעֱלֶה בֵּית ה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What a sign** How good and how beautiful is this sign which is given to me that I will go up to the house of the Lord!