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Judahיְהוּדָהmourns,אָבְלָהand her gatesוּשְׁעָרֶיהָlanguish;אֻמְלְלוּthey mourn darklyקָדְרוּto the ground,לָאָרֶץand the cryוְצִוְחַתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםgoes up.עָלָתָה
Jeremiah 14:2
Study it in the app“Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they mourn darkly to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:2, word by word
- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- mournsאָבְלָהavla
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “avla” appears- and her gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- languishאֻמְלְלוּumllu
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umllu” appears- they mourn darklyקָדְרוּkadru
mourn
To go about in grief, wearing sackcloth.
Where else “kadru” appears- to the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- and the cryצִוְחַתtsivchat
outcry
A cry of anguish or alarm.
Where else “tsivchat” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- goes upעָלָתָהalata
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alata” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1What came as the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the droughts.
2 · This verse (above)
3And their nobles send their little ones for water; they come to the pools, they do not find water; they return, their vessels empty; they are ashamed and humiliated, and they cover their heads.