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becauseאֲשֶׁרhe did notלֹאkill meמוֹתְתַנִיfrom the womb,מֵרָחֶםso that my motherוַ אִמִּיwould have beenתְּהִיto meלִיmy grave,קִבְרִיand her wombוְרַחְמָהֿpregnantהֲרַתforever.עוֹלָם
Jeremiah 20:17
Study it in the app“because he did not kill me from the womb, so that my mother would have been to me my grave, and her womb pregnant forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 20:17, word by word
- kill meמוֹתְתַmotta
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “motta” appears- from the wombרָחֶםrachem
womb
The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.
Where else “rachem” appears- so that my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- would have beenתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- my graveקִבְרִkivri
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivri” appears- pregnantהֲרַתharat
pregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “harat” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
16And let that man be like the cities that YHWH overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and a war cry at the time of noon,
17 · This verse (above)
18Why did I come out from the womb to see suffering and sorrow, and that my days should be consumed in shame?