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We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

שָׁמַ֥עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuwe heard

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

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

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 Jeremiah 6:24 word 1

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 2

שָׁמְע֖וֹsha.me.'O[the] report of it

Lemma: שֹׁ֫מַע (sho.ma) · Strong's: H8089

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: report

Used 4 times. Also: Joshua 6:27, Joshua 9:9, Esther 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8089; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 3

רָפ֣וּra.Futhey hung limp

Lemma: רָפָה (ra.phah) · Strong's: H7503

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to slacken

Used 46 times. Also: Exodus 4:26, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:17, Deuteronomy 4:31, Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 31:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7503; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 4

יָדֵ֑ינוּya.Dei.nuhands our

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 5

צָרָה֙tza.Rahdistress

Lemma: צָרָה (tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6869B

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

Meaning: distress

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 35:3, Genesis 42:21, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:21, Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6869B; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 6

הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְנוּhe.che.zi.Kat.nuit took hold of us

Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhp3fs)

Meaning: to strengthen: hold

Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 7

חִ֖ילchilanguish

Lemma: חִיל (chil) · Strong's: H2427A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: agony

Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 15:14, Psalms 48:6, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 50:43, Micah 4:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2427A; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:24 word 8

כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה\׃kai.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 Jeremiah 6:24 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

We have heard	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
the report	→	שֹׁ֫מַע H8089 report
our hands	→	יָד H3027G hand
hang limp	→	רָפָה H7503 to slacken
Anguish	→	צָרָה H6869B distress
has gripped us	→	חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold
pain	→	חִיל H2427A agony
like that of a woman in labor	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget

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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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