Isaiah 42:14
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Berean Study Bible
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Young's Literal Translation
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.

King James Bible
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy {08676;08074:08799} and devour at once.

Hebrew
I have kept silent
הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ (he·ḥĕ·šê·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2814: To be silent, inactive, or still

from ages past;
מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

I have kept quiet
אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ (’a·ḥă·rîš)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

and restrained.
אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק (’eṯ·’ap·pāq)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 662: To contain, abstain

But now I will groan
אֶפְעֶ֔ה (’ep̄·‘eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6463: To scream

like a woman in labor;
כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה (kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

I will at once
יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

gasp
אֶשֹּׁ֥ם (’eš·šōm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5395: To blow away, destroy

and pant.
וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף (wə·’eš·’ap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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