Whyלָמָּהhas my painכְאֵבִיbeenהָיָהperpetual,נֶצַחand my woundוּמַכָּתִיbeyond remedy,אֲנוּשָׁהrefusingמֵאֲנָהto be healed?הֵרָפֵאWill you really beהָיוֹ תִהְיֶהto meלִיlike a deceptive brook,כְּמוֹ אַכְזָבwatersמַיִםthat are notלֹאfaithful?נֶאֱמָנוּ
Jeremiah 15:18
Study it in the app“Why has my pain been perpetual, and my wound beyond remedy, refusing to be healed? Will you really be to me like a deceptive brook, waters that are not faithful?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 15:18, word by word
- has my painכְאֵבִcheevi
pain, suffering
Pain, suffering. It may be pain of the body or inward pain, of grief.
Where else “cheevi” appears- beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- perpetualנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- and my woundמַכָּתִmakati
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “makati” appears- beyond remedyאֲנוּשָׁהanusha
be incurable, be sick
To be desperately sick, beyond remedy; figuratively, to be in despair.
Where else “anusha” appears- refusingמֵאֲנָהmeana
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meana” appears- to be healedהֵרָפֵאherafe
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “herafe” appears- like a deceptive brookאַכְזָבachzav
deceptive
Deceit; a stream that dries up and fails the one who looks for water.
Where else “achzav” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- faithfulנֶאֱמָנוּneemanu
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neemanu” appears
The context
17I did not sit in the circle of those who make merry, nor did I exult; because of your hand I sat alone, for with indignation you filled me.
18 · This verse (above)
19Therefore thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, I will bring you back; before me you will stand; and if you bring out what is precious from what is vile, you will be as my mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.