Jeremiah 16:4

“Of deaths from diseases they will die; they will not be mourned or buried; as dung on the face of the ground they will be; and by the sword and by famine they will be finished off; and their corpses will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth.”

Jeremiah 16:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:4, word by word

Of deathsמְמוֹתֵיmemote

death

Death; "deaths of diseases": deadly diseases.

Where else “memote” appears
from diseasesתַחֲלֻאִיםtachaluim

diseases

Diseases, ailments that leave one bedridden.

Where else “tachaluim” appears
they will dieיָמֻתוּyamutu

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “yamutu” appears
be mournedיִסָּפְדוּyisafdu

mourn, lament

Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.

Where else “yisafdu” appears
buriedיִקָּבֵרוּyikaveru

bury

Bury.

Where else “yikaveru” appears
as dungדֹמֶןdomen

dung

Dung, animal excrement left lying in the field. In the Bible it is always used as a comparison for corpses no one gathers or buries (2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 83:10).

Where else “domen” appears
on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
of the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “adama” appears
they will beיִהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihyu” appears
and by the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
and by famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

Where else “raav” appears
they will be finished offיִכְלוּyichlu

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

Where else “yichlu” appears
and their corpsesנִבְלָתָnivlata

carcass, dead body

A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.

Where else “nivlata” appears
foodמַאֲכָלmaachal

food

Food.

Where else “maachal” appears
for the birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

Where else “of” appears
of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
and for the animalsבֶהֱמַתvehemat

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “vehemat” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

The context

3For thus says YHWH concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and concerning their fathers who father them in this land:

4 · This verse (above)

5For thus says YHWH: Do not enter a house of funeral feasting, nor go to mourn, nor grieve for them, for I have withdrawn my peace from this people, declares YHWH, the loyal love and the compassion.

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