Ask,שַׁאֲלוּplease,נָאand seeוּרְאוּwhetherאִםa maleזָכָרgives birth.יֹלֵדWhyמַדּוּעַdo I seeרָאִיתִיeveryכָלmanגֶּבֶרwith his handsיָדָיוon his hipsעַל חֲלָצָיוlike a woman giving birth,כַּיּוֹלֵדָהand allוְ כָלfacesפָּנִיםhave turnedנֶהֶפְכוּpale?לְיֵרָקוֹן
Jeremiah 30:6
Study it in the app“Ask, please, and see whether a male gives birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his hips like a woman giving birth, and all faces have turned pale?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 30:6, word by word
- Askשַׁאֲלוּshaalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “shaalu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- a maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- gives birthיֹלֵדyoled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoled” appears- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- with his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- on his hipsחֲלָצָיchalatsay
loins
Loins: the waist, seen as the source of offspring and strength.
Where else “chalatsay” appears- facesפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- have turnedנֶהֶפְכוּnehefchu
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “nehefchu” appears- paleיֵרָקוֹןyerakon
paleness
The color of the face of someone in fear.
Where else “yerakon” appears
The context
5“For thus says YHWH: A sound of trembling we have heard, dread, and there is no peace.
6 · This verse (above)
7Woe! For great is that day, there is none like it; and it is a time of distress for Jacob, but out of it he will be saved.