Jeremiah 49:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָפְתָ֥ה דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק הִפְנְתָ֥ה לָנ֖וּס וְרֶ֣טֶט ׀ הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה צָרָ֧ה וַחֲבָלִ֛ים אֲחָזַ֖תָּה כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה

Transliteration

Rafta Dammeseq, hifneta lanus and retet hekhezika; tsara and khavalim akhazata like the yoleda

Grammar Details

*Rafta*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has become weak
*Dammeseq*: proper noun - Damascus
*hifneta*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has turned
*lanus*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to flee
*retet*: noun, masculine singular - trembling
*hekhezika*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has seized/grasped
*tsara*: noun, feminine singular - distress/anguish
*khavalim*: noun, masculine plural - pains/pangs
*akhazata*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 3rd person feminine singular object suffix - she has seized her
*yoleda*: participle, feminine singular - one giving birth

Word Meanings

*Rafta*: has become weak/feeble/slack
*hifneta*: has turned/turned around
*lanus*: to flee/escape
*retet*: trembling/shaking/terror
*hekhezika*: has seized/grasped/taken hold of
*tsara*: distress/trouble/anguish
*khavalim*: pains/pangs/labor pains
*akhazata*: has seized her/taken hold of her
*yoleda*: woman giving birth/woman in labor

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