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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. (KJV)
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וְֽנִבְהָ֓לוּ\׀ve.niv.Ha.luand they will be terrified
Lemma: בָּהַל (ba.hal) · Strong's: H0926
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to dismay
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 45:3, Exodus 15:15, Judges 20:41, 1 Samuel 28:21, 2 Samuel 4:1, 2 Chronicles 26:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0926; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 1
צִירִ֤יםtzi.Rimpangs
Lemma: צִיר (tsir) · Strong's: H6735C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: pang
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Samuel 4:19, Isaiah 21:3, Daniel 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6735C; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 2
וַֽחֲבָלִים֙va.cha.va.Limand pains
Lemma: חֵ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: pain
Used 9 times. Also: Job 21:17, Job 39:3, Isaiah 26:17, Isaiah 66:7, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256B; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 3
יֹֽאחֵז֔וּןyo.che.Zunthey will seize [them] !
Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to grasp
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 34:10, Genesis 47:27, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0270; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 4
כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֖הkai.yo.le.Dahlike <the> [woman] giving birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 5
יְחִיל֑וּןye.chi.Lunthey will be in anguish !
Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to twist: writh in pain
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Chronicles 10:3, Job 15:20, Psalms 77:16, Isaiah 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2342I; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 6
אִ֤ישׁ'isheach
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 7
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 8
רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huneighbor his
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 9
יִתְמָ֔הוּyit.Ma.huthey will look in astonishment
Lemma: תָּמַהּ (ta.mah) · Strong's: H8539
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to astounded
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 43:33, Job 26:11, Psalms 48:5, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 29:9, Jeremiah 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8539; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 10
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[will be] faces of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 11
לְהָבִ֖יםle.ha.Vimflames
Lemma: לַ֫הַב (la.hav) · Strong's: H3851
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: flame
Used 12 times. Also: Judges 3:22, Judges 13:20, Job 39:23, Job 41:21, Isaiah 29:6, Isaiah 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3851; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 12
פְּנֵיהֶֽם\׃pe.nei.Hemfaces their
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Isaiah 13:8 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Terror | → | בָּהַל H0926 to dismay |
| pain | → | צִיר H6735C pang |
| and anguish | → | חֵ֫בֶל H2256B pain |
| will seize them | → | אָחַז H0270 to grasp |
| they will writhe | → | חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain |
| like a woman in labor | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| They will look at | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| one | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| another | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| their faces | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| flushed | → | לַ֫הַב H3851 flame |
| . . . | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| with fear | → | תָּמַהּ H8539 to astounded |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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