Jeremiah 50:43
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Young's Literal Translation
Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

King James Bible
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

Hebrew
The king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Babylon
בָּבֶ֛ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

has heard
שָׁמַ֧ע (šā·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the report,
שִׁמְעָ֖ם (šim·‘ām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8088: Something heard, a sound, rumor, announcement, audience

and his hands
יָדָ֑יו (yā·ḏāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

hang limp.
וְרָפ֣וּ (wə·rā·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7503: Sink, relax

Distress
צָרָה֙ (ṣā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival

has seized him,
הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְהוּ (he·ḥĕ·zî·qaṯ·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

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

like that of 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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