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Go upעֲלִיto Gileadגִלְעָדand takeוּקְחִיbalm,צֳרִיvirginבְּתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof Egypt!מִצְרָיִםIn vainלַשָּׁוְאyou have multipliedהִרְבֵּיתremedies;רְפֻאוֹתthere is noאֵיןhealingתְּעָלָהfor you.לָךְ
Jeremiah 46:11
Study it in the app“Go up to Gilead and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have multiplied remedies; there is no healing for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:11, word by word
- Go upעֲלִיali
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ali” appears- to Gileadגִלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- and takeקְחִיkechi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechi” appears- balmצֳרִיtsori
balm
Balm: a resin used as medicine; Gilead was famous for it.
Where else “tsori” appears- virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- In vainשָּׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- you have multipliedהִרְבֵּיתhirbet
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirbet” appears- remediesרְפֻאוֹתrefuot
remedy
Remedy, medicine.
Where else “refuot” appears- healingתְּעָלָהteala
healing
The new flesh that closes a wound and heals it.
Where else “teala” appears
Places in this verse
1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Egypt
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).
The context
10And that day belongs to Adonai YHWH Tsevaot, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his adversaries; and the sword will devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood; for Adonai YHWH Tsevaot has a sacrifice in the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
11 · This verse (above)
12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry has filled the earth; for mighty man against mighty man has stumbled; together they have fallen, both of them.