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Woeהוֹיto him who saysאֹמֵרto a father,לְאָב‘Whatמַהare you fathering?’תּוֹלִידor to a woman,וּלְאִשָּׁה‘Whatמַהare you giving birth to?’תְּחִילִין
Isaiah 45:10
Study it in the app“Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’ or to a woman, ‘What are you giving birth to?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 45:10, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to him who saysאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- to a fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- are you fathering?’תּוֹלִידtolid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “tolid” appears- or to a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- are you giving birth to?’תְּחִילִיtechili
give birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “techili” appears
The context
9Woe to him who contends with his Former, a potsherd among the potsherds of the ground! Will the clay say to the one who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?
10 · This verse (above)
11Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel and his Former: “Ask me about the things that are coming; concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands will you command me?