Study it in the app“For I heard a voice as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one bearing her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, spreading out her palms: “Woe to me now, for my soul faints before murderers!””
ForכִּיI heardשָׁמַעְתִּיa voiceקוֹלas of a woman in labor,כְּחוֹלָהanguishצָרָהas of one bearing her first child,כְּמַבְכִּירָהthe voiceקוֹלof the daughterבַּתof Zionצִיּוֹןgasping for breath,תִּתְיַפֵּחַspreading outתְּפָרֵשׂher palms:כַּפֶּיהָ“Woeאוֹיto meלִיnow,נָאforכִּיmy soulנַפְשִׁיfaintsעָיְפָהbefore murderers!”לְהֹרְגִים
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsbe sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chola” appearsdistress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appearsbe firstborn
Give birth for the first time; treat as the eldest son.
Where else “mavkira” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsgasp
To gasp, to breathe hard with pain.
Where else “tityapeach” appearsspread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “tefares” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kape” appearswoe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsfaint
To faint, to be left without strength.
Where else “ayfa” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horgim” 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).
30And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with antimony, in vain you make yourself beautiful. The lovers despise you; they seek your soul.
31 · This verse (above)
