Birth pangs seized her
She was gripped by labor pains before giving birth.
("Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am pained so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see" – Isaiah 21:3)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָחֲזוּ אוֹתָהּ צִירֵי לֵידָה
Definition (Hebrew)
נִתְקְפָה צִירִים לִקְרַאת הַלֵּדָה.
("עַל כֵּן מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי כְּצִירֵי יוֹלֵדָה נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ נִבְהַלְתִּי מֵרְאוֹת" - יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כא ג)