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Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. (KJV)
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בְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.rem<in> before
Lemma: טֶ֫רֶם (te.rem) · Strong's: H2962
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: before
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2962; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 1
תָּחִ֖ילta.Chilshe was 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 66:7 word 2
יָלָ֑דָהya.La.dahshe gave birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
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 66:7 word 3
בְּטֶ֨רֶםbe.Te.rem<in> before
Lemma: טֶ֫רֶם (te.rem) · Strong's: H2962
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: before
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2962; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 4
יָב֥וֹאya.Vo'it came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 5
חֵ֛בֶלChe.vellabor-pain[s]
Lemma: חֵ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pain
Used 9 times. Also: Job 21:17, Job 39:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 26:17, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256B; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 6
וְהִמְלִ֥יטָהve.him.Li.tahand she delivered
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhq3fs)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 7
זָכָֽר\׃za.Khara male
Lemma: זָכָר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2145
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: male
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2145; TAHOT Isaiah 66:7 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Before | → | טֶ֫רֶם H2962 before |
| she was in labor | → | חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain |
| she gave birth | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| before | → | טֶ֫רֶם H2962 before |
| . . . | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| she was in pain | → | חֵ֫בֶל H2256B pain |
| she delivered | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
| a boy | → | זָכָר H2145 male |
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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