Micah 4:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Young's Literal Translation
Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king—is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

King James Bible
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? [is there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Hebrew
Why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you now
עַתָּ֕ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

cry
תָרִ֖יעִי (ṯā·rî·‘î)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 7321: To mar, to split the ears, shout

aloud?
רֵ֑עַ (rê·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7452: Perhaps shouting, roar

Is there no
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

king
הֲמֶ֣לֶךְ (hă·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

among you?
בָּ֗ךְ (bāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Has
אִֽם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

your counselor
יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙ (yō·w·‘ă·ṣêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

perished
אָבָ֔ד (’ā·ḇāḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

so that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

anguish
חִ֖יל (ḥîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2427: A writhing, anguish

grips you
הֶחֱזִיקֵ֥ךְ (he·ḥĕ·zî·qêḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

like a woman in labor?
כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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