And you will sayוְאָמַרְתָּto themאֲלֵיהֶםthis word:אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה‘Let my eyesעֵינַיrun downתֵּרַדְנָהwith tearsדִּמְעָהnightלַיְלָהand day,וְיוֹמָםand let them notוְאַלcease,תִּדְמֶינָהforכִּיwith a greatגָּדוֹלbreakingשֶׁבֶרhas been brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהthe virginבְּתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof my people,עַמִּיa woundמַכָּהincurable,נַחְלָהvery grievous.מְאֹד
Jeremiah 14:17
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “davar” appears- ‘Let my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- run downתֵּרַדְנָהteradna
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “teradna” appears- 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.
Where else “layla” appears- and dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- ceaseתִּדְמֶינָהtidmena
be silent
To stop being heard or moving; to fall quiet or come to a stop.
Where else “tidmena” appears- with a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- has been brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbra” appears- the virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- a woundמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- incurableנַחְלָהnachla
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “nachla” appears- very grievousמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
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.’”