Isaiah 42:14 Go deeper
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. (KJV)
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הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙he.che.Shei.tiI have been silent
Lemma: חָשָׁה (cha.shah) · Strong's: H2814
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)
Meaning: be silent
Used 16 times. Also: Judges 18:9, 1 Kings 22:3, 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5, 2 Kings 7:9, Nehemiah 8:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2814; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 1
מֵֽעוֹלָ֔םme.'o.Lamfrom a long time
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: antiquity
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 2
אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ'a.cha.RishI have kept silent
Lemma: חָרֵשׁ (cha.resh) · Strong's: H2790B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: be quiet
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 24:21, Genesis 34:5, Exodus 14:14, Numbers 30:4, Numbers 30:7, Numbers 30:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2790B; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 3
אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק'et.'a.PakI have restrained myself
Lemma: אָפַק (a.phaq) · Strong's: H0662
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVti1cs)
Meaning: to refrain
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 43:31, Genesis 45:1, 1 Samuel 13:12, Esther 5:10, Isaiah 63:15, Isaiah 64:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0662; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 4
כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣הkai.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 42:14 word 5
אֶפְעֶ֔ה'ef.'EhI groan
Lemma: פָּעָה (pa.ah) · Strong's: H6463
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to groan
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6463; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 6
אֶשֹּׁ֥ם'e.ShomI puff
Lemma: נָשַׁם (na.sham) · Strong's: H5395
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to pant
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5395; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 7
וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ףve.'esh.'Afand I may pant
Lemma: שָׁאַף (sha.aph) · Strong's: H7602A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to long for
Used 8 times. Also: Job 5:5, Job 7:2, Job 36:20, Psalms 119:131, Ecclesiastes 1:5, Jeremiah 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7602A; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 8
יָֽחַד\׃Ya.chadtogether
Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: unitedness
Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Isaiah 42:14 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have kept silent | → | חָשָׁה H2814 be silent |
| from ages past | → | עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity |
| I have remained quiet | → | חָרֵשׁ H2790B be quiet |
| and restrained | → | אָפַק H0662 to refrain |
| But now I will groan | → | פָּעָה H6463 to groan |
| like a woman in labor | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| I will at once | → | יַ֫חַד H3162A unitedness |
| gasp | → | נָשַׁם H5395 to pant |
| and pant | → | שָׁאַף H7602A to long for |
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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