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Becauseבַּעֲבוּרthe groundהָאֲדָמָהis cracked,חַתָּהforכִּיthere has been noלֹא הָיָהrainגֶשֶׁםin the land,בָּאָרֶץthe farmersאִכָּרִיםare ashamed;בֹּשׁוּthey coverחָפוּtheir heads.רֹאשָׁם
Jeremiah 14:4
Study it in the app“Because the ground is cracked, for there has been no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:4, word by word
- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- is crackedחַתָּהchata
be shattered
To be broken in pieces, undone by a blow.
Where else “chata” appears- there has been noהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- rainגֶשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the farmersאִכָּרִיםikarim
farmer
Farmer: one who works and sows the land.
Where else “ikarim” appears- are ashamedבֹּשׁוּboshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “boshu” appears- they coverחָפוּchafu
cover
To veil one's head in grief or shame.
Where else “chafu” appears- their headsרֹאשָׁrosha
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5For even the doe in the field gives birth and abandons it, for there is no fresh grass.