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Does the snowהֲ שֶׁלֶגof Lebanonלְבָנוֹןleaveיַעֲזֹבthe rockמִצּוּרof the field?שָׂדַיOrאִםare the foreign,זָרִיםcold,קָרִיםflowingנוֹזְלִיםwatersמַיִםuprooted?יִנָּתְשׁוּ
Jeremiah 18:14
Study it in the app“Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the field? Or are the foreign, cold, flowing waters uprooted?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:14, word by word
- Does the snowשֶׁלֶגsheleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “sheleg” appears- of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- leaveיַעֲזֹבyaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appears- the rockצּוּרtsur
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appears- of the fieldשָׂדַיsaday
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “saday” appears- are the foreignזָרִיםzarim
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zarim” appears- coldקָרִיםkarim
cool, calm
Cool, cold; calm, even-tempered.
Where else “karim” appears- flowingנוֹזְלִיםnozlim
stream
Streams of water that run over the land.
Where else “nozlim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- uprootedיִנָּתְשׁוּyinatshu
uproot
Uproot, tear out of its place.
Where else “yinatshu” appears
Translation note
Difficult Hebrew; the sense seems to be: neither the snow of Lebanon nor its waters ever fail, but my people has forgotten me (18:15).
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
13Therefore thus says YHWH: Ask, now, among the nations: Who has heard the like of these? A very horrible thing has done the virgin of Israel.
14 · This verse (above)
15For my people has forgotten me; to what is vain they burn incense, and they have made them stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in byways, a road not built up,