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And now,וְעַתָּהwhat is it to youמַה לָּךְon the wayלְדֶרֶךְto Egypt,מִצְרַיִםto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתthe watersמֵיof Shihor?שִׁחוֹרAnd what is it to youוּמַה לָּךְon the wayלְדֶרֶךְto Assyria,אַשּׁוּרto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתthe watersמֵיof the River?נָהָר
Jeremiah 2:18
Study it in the app“And now, what is it to you on the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what is it to you on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:18, word by word
- on the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Shihorשִׁחוֹרshichor
Shihor
Shihor: a stream at the border with Egypt. The name means "dark, murky."
Where else “shichor” appears- to Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- of the Riverנָהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears
Translation note
Shihor is a branch of the Nile; “the River” is the Euphrates.
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
17Has not this been done to you by your forsaking YHWH your Elohim at the time when he led you on the way?
18 · This verse (above)
19Your evil will discipline you, and your apostasies will rebuke you; know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake YHWH your Elohim, and that the dread of me is not in you, declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.