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Shall Iהַאֲנִיbring to the point of birthאַשְׁבִּירand notוְלֹאcause to give birth?אוֹלִידsaysיֹאמַרYHWH.יְהוָהOrאִםshall I,אֲנִיthe one who causes birth,הַמּוֹלִידshut the womb?וְעָצַרְתִּיsaysאָמַרyour Elohim.אֱלֹהָיִךְ
Isaiah 66:9
Study it in the app“Shall 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 66:9, word by word
- bring to the point of birthאַשְׁבִּירashbir
General meaning: Break.
Where else “ashbir” appears- cause to give birthאוֹלִידolid
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “olid” appears- saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” 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- shut the wombעָצַרְתִּיatsarti
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsarti” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהָיִelohayi
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohayi” appears
The context
8Who 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Be glad with Jerusalem and exult in her, all who love her; rejoice with her with rejoicing, all who mourn over her;