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You who dwellיֹשַׁבְתְּin Lebanon,בַּלְּבָנוֹןwho nestמְקֻנַּנְתְּin the cedars,בָּאֲרָזִיםhowמַהyou will groanנֵּחַנְתְּwhen pangsבְּ חֲבָלִיםcomeבֹאupon you,לָךְanguishחִילas of a woman giving birth!כַּיֹּלֵדָה
Jeremiah 22:23
Study it in the app“You who dwell in Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, anguish as of a woman giving birth!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:23, word by word
- You who dwellיֹשַׁבְתְּyoshavt
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshavt” appears- in Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- who nestמְקֻנַּנְתְּmekunant
nest
To make a nest, to nest. It comes from the Hebrew word for "nest".
Where else “mekunant” appears- in the cedarsאֲרָזִיםarazim
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arazim” appears- you will groanנֵּחַנְתְּnechant
General meaning: Show favor.
Where else “nechant” appears- when pangsחֲבָלִיםchavalim
pangs
Sharp, strong pains, like those of a woman in labor.
Where else “chavalim” appears- comeבֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- anguishחִילchil
anguish, pangs
Anguish, pains like those of a woman giving birth.
Where else “chil” appears- as of a woman giving birthיֹּלֵדָהyoleda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoleda” appears
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
22All your shepherds the wind will shepherd, and your lovers will go into captivity; for then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your evil.
23 · This verse (above)
24“As I live, declares YHWH, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the seal on my right hand, yet from there I would tear you off.