Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? Young's Literal Translation Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp! King James Bible Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? Hebrew Whyלָ֤מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what did I not perish אָמ֑וּת (’ā·mūṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill at birth; מֵרֶ֣חֶם (mê·re·ḥem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7358: The womb why did I not die וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (wə·’eḡ·wā‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1478: To breathe out, expire as I came יָצָ֣אתִי (yā·ṣā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from the womb? מִבֶּ֖טֶן (mib·be·ṭen) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything |