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Asכְּמוֹa pregnant womanהָרָהwho draws nearתַּקְרִיבto giving birthלָלֶדֶתwrithes andתָּחִילcries outתִּזְעַקin her labor pains,בַּחֲבָלֶיהָsoכֵּןwere weהָיִינוּbefore you,מִפָּנֶיךָYHWH.יְהוָה
Isaiah 26:17
Study it in the app“As a pregnant woman who draws near to giving birth writhes and cries out in her labor pains, so were we before you, YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 26:17, word by word
- a pregnant womanהָרָהhara
pregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “hara” appears- who draws nearתַּקְרִיבtakriv
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “takriv” appears- to giving birthלֶדֶתledet
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “ledet” appears- writhes andתָּחִילtachil
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “tachil” appears- cries outתִּזְעַקtizak
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “tizak” appears- in her labor painsחֲבָלֶיchavale
pangs
Sharp, strong pains, like those of a woman in labor.
Where else “chavale” appears- were weהָיִינוּhayinu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayinu” appears- before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
16YHWH, in distress they turned to you; they poured out a whisper; your correction was on them.
17 · This verse (above)
18We were pregnant, we writhed; as it were we gave birth to wind. Acts of salvation we do not work for the earth, and the inhabitants of the world do not fall.