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ביטוי (אנגלית)

Birth Pangs, Hard Birth Pangs/ labour pains

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Labor pains. In question: difficult and strenuous until the matter is resolved.

("The pains of childbirth will come upon him, he is a foolish son, for he will not stand in the midst of the children" - Hosea 13:13, and so: "For her pains will be turned upon her - as if they were turned and rolled upon her, and the pains of childbirth with the pains of a bad report, and the strength of her pains will be like pain and childbirth" - Radak Samuel 1:49)