Isaiah 66:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּחִ֖יל יָלָ֑דָה בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָב֥וֹא חֵ֛בֶל לָ֖הּ וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה זָכָֽר׃

Transliteration

Before tāḥîl, yālāḏâ; before yāḇôʾ ḥēḇel to-her, wĕhimlîṭâ zāḵār.

Grammar Details

*bĕṭerem*: preposition - before
*tāḥîl*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she travails
*yālāḏâ*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she gave birth
*yāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it comes
*ḥēḇel*: noun, masculine singular - pain/labor pain
*lāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her
*wĕ-himlîṭâ*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she delivered
*zāḵār*: noun, masculine singular - male/man-child

Word Meanings

*tāḥîl*: she travails/labors/writhes in pain
*yālāḏâ*: she gave birth/bore/delivered
*yāḇôʾ*: it comes/arrives/reaches
*ḥēḇel*: pain/labor pain/birth pang
*himlîṭâ*: she delivered/rescued/gave birth to
*zāḵār*: male/man-child/boy

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Referenced Verses

Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Gal 4:26 : 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Rev 12:1-5 : 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

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