Jeremiah 14:17

“And you will say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for with a great breaking has been broken the virgin daughter of my people, a wound incurable, very grievous.”

Jeremiah 14:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 14:17, word by word

And you will sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarta” appears
this wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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‘Let my eyesעֵינַena

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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run downתֵּרַדְנָהteradna

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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with tearsדִּמְעָהdima

tears, weeping

Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).

Where else “dima” appears
nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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and dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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ceaseתִּדְמֶינָהtidmena

be silent

To stop being heard or moving; to fall quiet or come to a stop.

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with a greatגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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breakingשֶׁבֶרshever

ruin

The downfall of a people or someone.

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has been brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra

break

To break something to pieces.

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the virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat

virgin

Young woman not yet married; virgin.

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daughterבַּתbat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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of my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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a woundמַכָּהmaka

wound

The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.

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incurableנַחְלָהnachla

be sick

To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.

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very grievousמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

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The context

16And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with no one to bury them, them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour out on them their evil.

17 · This verse (above)

18If I go out into the field, look, those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, look, those sick with famine! For both prophet and priest roam about through the land, and they do not know.’”

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