Study it in the app“Therefore my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman giving birth; I am bent over at hearing, I am terrified at seeing.”
Thereforeעַל כֵּןmy loinsמָתְנַיare filledמָלְאוּwith trembling;חַלְחָלָהpangsצִירִיםhave seized meאֲחָזוּנִיlike the pangsכְּצִירֵיof a woman giving birth;יוֹלֵדָהI am bent overנַעֲוֵיתִיat hearing,מִשְּׁמֹעַI am terrifiedנִבְהַלְתִּיat seeing.מֵרְאוֹת
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matna” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appearsanguish, writhing
Anguish, writhing as of a woman in labor.
Where else “chalchala” appearspang
Sharp agony, like labor.
Where else “tsirim” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achazu” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoleda” appearsbend
To bend what is right, or be bowed down.
Where else “naaveti” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsbe dismayed
To be struck with dread, or frighten others.
Where else “nivhalti” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears2A harsh vision has been told to me: the traitor betrays, and the devastator devastates. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All its sighing I have brought to an end.
3 · This verse (above)
4My heart goes astray; horror has overwhelmed me; the twilight of my desire he has made for me into trembling.
