Isaiah 38:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Young's Literal Translation
As a crane—a swallow—so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety.

King James Bible
Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Hebrew
I chirp
אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף (’ă·ṣap̄·ṣêp̄)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6850: To chirp, peep

like a swallow
כְּס֤וּס (kə·sūs)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

or crane;
עָגוּר֙ (‘ā·ḡūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5693: (a kind of bird) perhaps a crane

I moan
אֶהְגֶּ֖ה (’eh·geh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1897: To moan, growl, utter, speak, muse

like a dove.
כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה (kay·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3123: A dove

My eyes
עֵינַי֙ (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

grow weak
דַּלּ֤וּ (dal·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1809: To slacken, be feeble, to be oppressed

[as I look] upward.
לַמָּר֔וֹם (lam·mā·rō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4791: Altitude

O Lord,
אֲדֹנָ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

I am oppressed;
עָֽשְׁקָה־ (‘ā·šə·qāh-)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6234: Oppression, distress

be my security.
עָרְבֵֽנִי׃ (‘ā·rə·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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