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Damascus
Dammeseq (dam-meh'-sek)
Damascus, a city of Syria -- Damascus.
is waxed feeble
raphah (raw-faw')
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
and turneth
panah (paw-naw')
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
herself to flee
nuwc (noos)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
and fear
retet (reh'-tet)
terror -- fear.
hath seized
chazaq (khaw-zak')
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
on her anguish
tsarah (tsaw-raw')
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
and sorrows
chebel (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
have taken
'achaz (aw-khaz')
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
her as a woman in travail
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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