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We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. (KJV)

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הָרִ֣ינוּha.Ri.nuwe were pregnant

Lemma: הָרָה (ha.rah) · Strong's: H2029

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to conceive

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 19:36, Genesis 21:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2029; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 1

חַ֔לְנוּChal.nuwe were in labor

Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

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 26:18 word 2

כְּמ֖וֹke.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 26:18 word 3

יָלַ֣דְנוּya.Lad.nuwe gave birth to

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

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 26:18 word 4

ר֑וּחַRu.achwind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 5

יְשׁוּעֹת֙ye.shu.'Otdeliverance<s>

Lemma: יְשׁוּעָה (ye.shu.ah) · Strong's: H3444

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: salvation

Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Samuel 2:1, 1 Samuel 14:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3444; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 6

בַּל\־bal-not

Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 7

נַ֣עֲשֶׂהNa.'a.sehwe accomplish

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 8

אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 9

וּבַֽל\־u.val-and not

Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 10

יִפְּל֖וּyi.pe.Luthey fall

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 11

יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants of

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 12

תֵבֵֽל\׃te.Vel[the] world

Lemma: תֵּבֵל (te.vel) · Strong's: H8398

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: world

Used 36 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 22:16, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 18:18, Job 34:13, Job 37:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8398; TAHOT Isaiah 26:18 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

We were with child	→	הָרָה H2029 to conceive
we writhed in pain	→	חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain
but	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like
we gave birth to	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath
We have given	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
no	→	בַּל H1077 not
salvation	→	יְשׁוּעָה H3444 salvation
to the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
nor	→	בַּל H1077 not
brought	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
any life	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
into the world	→	תֵּבֵל H8398 world

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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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