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Ezekiel 19:5

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

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וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙vatereand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and see”, the next action in the storyH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…נֽוֹחֲלָ֔הnochalahhopeיָחַלverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “hope”, a completed actionH3176to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.אָבְדָ֖הavedahdestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.תִּקְוָתָ֑הּtiqvatahexpectationתִּקְוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.וַתִּקַּ֛חvatiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֶחָ֥דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָmigureyhafrom whelpגּוּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from whelp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1482a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lionwhelp, young one.כְּפִ֥ירkefirlionכְּפִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)(young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).שָׂמָֽתְהוּsamatehvputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she seeth, that stayed — perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

World English Bible

“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

Darby Translation

And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.

Douay-Rheims

But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she saw that he was driven away from her, and her hope of him perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἀπῶσται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῆς· καὶ ἔλαβεν ἄλλον ἐκ τῶν σκύμνων αὐτῆς· λέοντα ἔταξεν αὐτὸν.