Jeremiah 15:9

“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.””

Jeremiah 15:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 15:9, word by word

She who boreיֹלֶדֶתyoledet

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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sevenשִּׁבְעָהshiva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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languishesאֻמְלְלָהumlla

languish

Languish, wither, lose strength.

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she has breathed outנָפְחָהnafcha

breathe out

To give up the last breath and die.

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her soulנַפְשָׁnafsha

life

Life, when it is at stake.

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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.

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has gone downבָּאba

set

For the sun to set.

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dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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she has been put to shameבּוֹשָׁהbosha

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

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and abashedחָפֵרָהchafera

be ashamed, be disappointed

To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.

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And the rest of themשְׁאֵרִיתָsheerita

remnant

Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.

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I will giveאֶתֵּןeten

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

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to the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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their enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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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.

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