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“I have kept silentהֶחֱשֵׁיתִיfor ages past;מֵעוֹלָםI have been still,אַחֲרִישׁI have restrained myself;אֶתְאַפָּקlike a woman giving birthכַּיּוֹלֵדָהI will groan;אֶפְעֶהI will pantאֶשֹּׁםand gaspוְאֶשְׁאַףat once.יָחַד
Isaiah 42:14
Study it in the app““I have kept silent for ages past; I have been still, I have restrained myself; like a woman giving birth I will groan; I will pant and gasp at once.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:14, word by word
- “I have kept silentהֶחֱשֵׁיתִיhechesheti
be silent, be still
Be silent, keep still without doing anything.
Where else “hechesheti” appears- for ages pastעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears- I have been stillאַחֲרִישׁacharish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “acharish” appears- I have restrained myselfאֶתְאַפָּקetapak
control oneself
Control oneself, hold back; refrain.
Where else “etapak” appears- like a woman giving birthיּוֹלֵדָהyoleda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoleda” appears- I will groanאֶפְעֶהefe
cry out (in labor)
To cry out in pain, like a woman giving birth.
Where else “efe” appears- I will pantאֶשֹּׁםeshom
pant
To pant, to breathe hard.
Where else “eshom” appears- and gaspאֶשְׁאַףeshaf
pant
To breathe hard, like a woman in labor.
Where else “eshaf” appears- at onceיָחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears
The context
13YHWH like a mighty man will go out; like a man of wars he will stir up zeal; he will shout, indeed, he will raise the war cry; against his enemies he will show himself mighty.
14 · This verse (above)
15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their vegetation I will dry up; and I will turn rivers into coastlands, and the pools I will dry up.