Commentary for Isaiah 38:16
אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל־בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃
O Lord, by these things men live, and altogether therein is the life of my spirit; wherefore recover Thou me, and make me to live.
Rashi on Isaiah
O Lord! Concerning them, [You said] they shall live Jonathan renders: O Lord! Concerning all the dead, You said to resurrect.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
עליהם By them.28A. V., By these things men live.28A. V., By these things men live. By the words, hinted at in the phrase And he said (ver. 15). עליהם יחיו By them they live. By thy words and acts the living beings exist. ולכל And always29A. V., And in all these things.. The word עת time is to be supplied.
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Rashi on Isaiah
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.
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