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There is no oneאֵיןto guide herמְנַהֵל לָהּamong allמִכָּלthe childrenבָּנִיםshe bore;יָלָדָהand there is no oneוְאֵיןto take herמַחֲזִיקby her handבְּיָדָהּamong allמִכָּלthe childrenבָּנִיםshe raised.גִּדֵּלָה
Isaiah 51:18
Study it in the app“There is no one to guide her among all the children she bore; and there is no one to take her by her hand among all the children she raised.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 51:18, word by word
- to guide herמְנַהֵלmenahel
lead gently
Lead gently, guide with care; bring to a resting place; provide for.
Where else “menahel” appears- the childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- she boreיָלָדָהyalada
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalada” appears- to take herמַחֲזִיקmachazik
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazik” appears- by her handיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- she raisedגִּדֵּלָהgidela
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “gidela” appears
The context
17Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, Jerusalem, who drank from the hand of YHWH the cup of his fury; the goblet of the cup of reeling you drank, you drained.
18 · This verse (above)
19These two things have befallen you —who will grieve for you?— the devastation and the breaking, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?