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And the wild donkeysוּפְרָאִיםstandעָמְדוּon the bare heights;עַל שְׁפָיִםthey pant forשָׁאֲפוּthe windרוּחַlike jackals;כַּתַּנִּיםtheir eyesעֵינֵיהֶםfail,כָּלוּforכִּיthere is noאֵיןgrass.עֵשֶׂב
Jeremiah 14:6
Study it in the app“And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, for there is no grass.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:6, word by word
- And the wild donkeysפְרָאִיםferaim
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “feraim” appears- standעָמְדוּamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdu” appears- on the bare heightsשְׁפָיִםshefayim
bare height
Bare hill, a height without trees.
Where else “shefayim” appears- they pant forשָׁאֲפוּshaafu
pant
To breathe hard, like a woman in labor.
Where else “shaafu” appears- the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- like jackalsתַּנִּיםtanim
jackal
A wild dog that lives among ruins.
Where else “tanim” appears- their eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- failכָּלוּkalu
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kalu” appears- grassעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears
The context
5For even the doe in the field gives birth and abandons it, for there is no fresh grass.
6 · This verse (above)
7Though our iniquities testify against us, YHWH, act for the sake of your name; for our apostasies are many; against you we have sinned.