H2256B–חֵ֫בֶל–che.vel

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים cha.va.Lim “pain<s>”

They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם (חֶבְלֵי) chev.lei. “labor-pains”

And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames -- their faces!

וַֽחֲבָלִים֙ (חֲבָלִים֙) cha.va.Lim “pains”

When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ (חֲבָלֶ֑י) cha.va.Lei. “labor-pains”

Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.

חֵ֛בֶל Che.vel “labor-pain[s]”

What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them `to be' over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

חֲבָלִים֙ cha.va.Lim “labor-pains”

O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.

חֲבָלִ֔ים cha.va.Lim “labor-pains”

Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.

וַחֲבָלִ֛ים (חֲבָלִ֛ים) cha.va.Lim “pains”

Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He `is' a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

חֶבְלֵ֥י chev.Lei “[the] pains of”