Isaiah 26:17 Go deeper
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Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD . (KJV)
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כְּמ֤וֹke.Molike
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 1
הָרָה֙ha.Raha pregnant [woman]
Lemma: הָרָה (ha.rah) · Strong's: H2030A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: pregnant
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 16:11, Genesis 38:24, Genesis 38:25, Exodus 21:22, Judges 13:5, Judges 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2030A; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 2
תַּקְרִ֣יבtak.Riv[who] she brings near
Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)
Meaning: to present: come
Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 37:18, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7126G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 3
לָלֶ֔דֶתla.Le.detto give birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 26:17 word 4
תָּחִ֥ילta.Chilshe is in labor
Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
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 13:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2342I; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 5
תִּזְעַ֖קtiz.'Akshe cries out
Lemma: זָעַק (za.aq) · Strong's: H2199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to cry out
Used 72 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Joshua 8:16, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:15, Judges 4:10, Judges 4:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2199; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 6
בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָba.cha.va.Lei.hain labor-pains her
Lemma: חֵ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: pain
Used 9 times. Also: Job 21:17, Job 39:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 66:7, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256B; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 7
כֵּ֛ןkenso
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 26:17 word 8
הָיִ֥ינוּha.Yi.nuwe were
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 9
מִפָּנֶ֖יךָmi.pa.Nei.kha<from> because of you
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: because
Used 85 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 36:7, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 47:13, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440I; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 10
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:17 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| a woman with child | → | הָרָה H2030A pregnant |
| about | → | קָרַב H7126G to present: come |
| to give birth | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| writhes | → | חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain |
| and cries out | → | זָעַק H2199 to cry out |
| in pain | → | חֵ֫בֶל H2256B pain |
| so | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| were we | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| in Your presence | → | פָּנֶה H6440I face: because |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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