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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it . (KJV)
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עַל\־'al-there-
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 1
כֵּ֗ןKen-fore
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 2
מָלְא֤וּmal.'Uthey are full
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to fill
Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 3
מָתְנַי֙ma.te.Nailoins my
Lemma: מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) · Strong's: H4975
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)
Meaning: loin
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Exodus 12:11, Exodus 28:42, Deuteronomy 33:11, 2 Samuel 20:8, 1 Kings 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4975; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 4
חַלְחָלָ֔הchal.cha.Lahanguish
Lemma: חַלְחָלָה (chal.cha.lah) · Strong's: H2479
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: anguish
Used 4 times. Also: Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:9, Nahum 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2479; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 5
צִירִ֣יםtzi.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 13:8, Daniel 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6735C; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 6
אֲחָז֔וּנִי'a.cha.Zu.nithey have seized me
Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
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 21:3 word 7
כְּצִירֵ֖יke.tzi.Reilike [the] pangs of
Lemma: צִיר (tsir) · Strong's: H6735C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: pang
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Samuel 4:19, Isaiah 13:8, Daniel 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6735C; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 8
יֽוֹלֵדָ֑הyo.le.Dah[a woman who] gives 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 21:3 word 9
נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיna.'a.Vei.tiI am bent over
Lemma: עָוָה (a.vah) · Strong's: H5753A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)
Meaning: to twist
Used 7 times. Also: Job 33:27, Psalms 38:6, Proverbs 12:8, Isaiah 24:1, Jeremiah 3:21, Lamentations 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5753A; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 10
מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַmi.she.Mo.a'from hearing
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 11
נִבְהַ֖לְתִּיniv.Hal.tiI am terrified
Lemma: בָּהַל (ba.hal) · Strong's: H0926
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)
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 21:3 word 12
מֵרְאֽוֹת\׃me.re.'otfrom seeing
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Isaiah 21:3 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Therefore | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| my body | → | מׇתְנַ֫יִם H4975 loin |
| is filled | → | מָלֵא H4390 to fill |
| with anguish | → | חַלְחָלָה H2479 anguish |
| Pain | → | צִיר H6735C pang |
| grips me | → | אָחַז H0270 to grasp |
| like the pains | → | צִיר H6735C pang |
| of a woman in labor | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| I am bewildered | → | עָוָה H5753A to twist |
| to hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| I am dismayed | → | בָּהַל H0926 to dismay |
| to see | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
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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