Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 21:2-4

2A grievousקָשָׁ֖הka.ShahH7186visionחָז֥וּתcha.ZutH2380is declaredהֻגַּד־hu.gad-H5046unto me; the treacherous dealerהַבּוֹגֵ֤ד׀ha.bo.GedH898dealeth treacherouslyבּוֹגֵד֙bo.GedH898,and the spoilerוְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד׀ve.ha.sho.DedH7703spoilethשׁוֹדֵ֔דsho.DedH7703.Go upעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927,O Elamעֵילָם֙'ei.LamH5867:besiegeצוּרִ֣יtzu.RiH6696,O Mediaמָדַ֔יma.DaiH4074;all the sighingאַנְחָתָ֖ה'an.cha.TahH585thereof have I made to ceaseהִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃hish.Ba.tiH7673.

3Therefore are my loinsמָתְנַי֙ma.te.NaiH4975filledמָלְא֤וּmal.'UH4390with painחַלְחָלָ֔הchal.cha.LahH2479:pangsצִירִ֣יםtzi.RimH6735have taken holdאֲחָז֔וּנִי'a.cha.Zu.niH270upon me, as the pangsכְּצִירֵ֖יke.tzi.ReiH6735of a woman that travailethיֽוֹלֵדָ֑הyo.le.DahH3205:I was bowed downנַעֲוֵ֣יתִיna.'a.Vei.tiH5753at the hearingמִשְּׁמֹ֔עַmi.she.Mo.a'H8085of it;I was dismayedנִבְהַ֖לְתִּיniv.Hal.tiH926at the seeingמֵרְאֽוֹת׃me.re.'otH7200of it.

4My heartלְבָבִ֔יle.va.ViH3824pantedתָּעָ֣הta.'AhH8582,fearfulnessפַּלָּצ֖וּתpa.la.TzutH6427affrightedבִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִיbi.'a.Ta.te.niH1204me: the nightנֶ֣שֶׁףNe.shefH5399of my pleasureחִשְׁקִ֔יchish.KiH2837hath he turnedשָׂ֥םsamH7760into fearלַחֲרָדָֽה׃la.cha.ra.DahH2731unto me.

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