She who boreיֹלֶדֶתsevenהַשִּׁבְעָהlanguishes;אֻמְלְלָהshe has breathed outנָפְחָהher soul;נַפְשָׁהּher sunשִׁמְשָׁהּhas gone downבָּאwhile it was stillבְּעֹדday;יוֹמָםshe has been put to shameבּוֹשָׁהand abashed.וְחָפֵרָהAnd the rest of themוּשְׁאֵרִיתָםI will giveאֶתֵּןto the swordלַחֶרֶבbeforeלִפְנֵיtheir enemies,אֹיְבֵיהֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 15:9
Study it in the app“She who bore seven languishes; she has breathed out her soul; her sun has gone down while it was still day; she has been put to shame and abashed. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares YHWH.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 15:9, word by word
- She who boreיֹלֶדֶתyoledet
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoledet” appears- sevenשִּׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- languishesאֻמְלְלָהumlla
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umlla” appears- she has breathed outנָפְחָהnafcha
breathe out
To give up the last breath and die.
Where else “nafcha” appears- her soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appears- her sunשִׁמְשָׁshimsha
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shimsha” appears- has gone downבָּאba
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “ba” appears- dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- she has been put to shameבּוֹשָׁהbosha
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “bosha” appears- and abashedחָפֵרָהchafera
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “chafera” appears- And the rest of themשְׁאֵרִיתָsheerita
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerita” appears- I will giveאֶתֵּןeten
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “eten” appears- to the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- their enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Translation note
“She who bore seven”: cf. 1 Samuel 2:5.
The context
8Their widows became more numerous before me than the sand of the seas; I brought upon them, upon the mother of the young man, a destroyer at noonday; I made fall upon her suddenly anguish and terrors.
9 · This verse (above)
10Woe to me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of dispute and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have they lent to me, yet all of them curse me.