Study it in the app“Who has heard anything like this? Who has seen things like these? Is a land brought to birth in one day? Or is a nation born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she also gave birth to her children.”
Whoמִיhas heardשָׁמַעanything like this?כָּזֹאתWhoמִיhas seenרָאָהthings like these?כָּאֵלֶּהIs a landהֲ אֶרֶץbrought to birthיוּחַלin oneאֶחָדday?בְּיוֹםOrאִםis a nationגּוֹיbornיִוָּלֵדat once?פַּעַם אֶחָתForכִּיas soon as Zionצִיּוֹןwas in labor,חָלָהshe alsoגַּםgave birth toיָלְדָהher children.אֶת בָּנֶיהָ
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsgive birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “yuchal” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsbe born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yivaled” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appearsZion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before the pain came upon her, she delivered a male.
8 · This verse (above)
9Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to give birth? says YHWH. Or shall I, the one who causes birth, shut the womb? says your Elohim.
