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Whyמַהdo you boastתִּתְהַלְלִיof the valleys?בָּעֲמָקִיםYour valleyעִמְקֵךְis flowing away,זָבwaywardהַשּׁוֹבֵבָהdaughter,הַבַּתwho trustsהַבֹּטְחָהin her treasures:בְּאֹצְרֹתֶיהָ“Whoמִיwill comeיָבוֹאagainst me?”אֵלָי
Jeremiah 49:4
Study it in the app“Why do you boast of the valleys? Your valley is flowing away, wayward daughter, who trusts in her treasures: “Who will come against me?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:4, word by word
- do you boastתִּתְהַלְלִיtithalli
boast
To speak proudly of oneself or what one has, to make oneself important.
Where else “tithalli” appears- of the valleysעֲמָקִיםamakim
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “amakim” appears- is flowing awayזָבzav
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zav” appears- waywardשּׁוֹבֵבָהshoveva
turning away, faithless
Turning away, faithless: one who leaves the right path.
Where else “shoveva” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- who trustsבֹּטְחָהbotcha
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “botcha” appears- in her treasuresאֹצְרֹתֶיotsrote
treasure
Valuables stored up.
Where else “otsrote” appears- will comeיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
3Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the enclosures; for their king will go into exile, his priests and his princes together.
4 · This verse (above)
5Look, I am bringing upon you terror, declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot, from all who are around you; and you will be driven out, each one straight ahead, and there will be no one to gather the wanderer.