King James Version

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

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תָּעָ֣הtaahdeceiveתָּעָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.לְבָבִ֔יlevavibreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.פַּלָּצ֖וּתpalatsutfearfulnessפַּלָּצוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “fearfulness”, the ordinary formH6427affrightfearfulness, horror, trembling.בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִיbiatateniaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “affright”, a completed actionH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.אֵ֚תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).נֶ֣שֶׁףneshefdarkנֶשֶׁףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5399properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.חִשְׁקִ֔יchishqidesireחֵשֶׁקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “desire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2837delightdesire, pleasure.שָׂ֥םsamputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 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]…לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toלַחֲרָדָֽהlacharadahto fearחֲרָדָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to fear”, the ordinary formH2731fear, anxietycare, [idiom] exceedingly, fear, quaking, trembling.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

World English Bible

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

Darby Translation

My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

Douay-Rheims

My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ καρδία μου πλανᾶται, καὶ ἡ ἀνομία με βαπτίζει, ἡ ψυχή μου ἐφέστηκεν εἰς φόβον.