The king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Babylon
Babel (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
hath heard
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
the report
shema` (shay'-mah)
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience -- bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
of them and his hands
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
waxed feeble
raphah (raw-faw')
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
anguish
tsarah (tsaw-raw')
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
took hold
chazaq (khaw-zak')
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
of him and pangs
chiyl (kheel)
a throe (expectant of childbirth) -- pain, pang, sorrow.
as of a woman in travail
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
