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Asכְּa wellבַּיִרpours outהָקִירits waters,מֵימֶיהָsoכֵּןshe pours outהֵקֵרָהher evil;רָעָתָהּviolenceחָמָסand devastationוָשֹׁדare heardיִשָּׁמַעin her;בָּהּbefore meעַל פָּנַיcontinuallyתָּמִידare sicknessחֳלִיand wounds.וּמַכָּה
Jeremiah 6:7
Study it in the app“As a well pours out its waters, so she pours out her evil; violence and devastation are heard in her; before me continually are sickness and wounds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 6:7, word by word
- a wellבַּיִרbayir
cistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “bayir” appears- pours outהָקִירhakir
dig
Sink a well; make water spring up.
Where else “hakir” appears- its watersמֵימֶיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- her evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears- violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- are heardיִשָּׁמַעyishama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishama” appears- before meפָּנַpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- continuallyתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- are sicknessחֳלִיcholi
sickness
Sickness, disease; also suffering.
Where else “choli” appears- and woundsמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears
The context
6For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Cut down trees, and pour out against Jerusalem a siege ramp. This is the city to be punished; all of it is oppression in her midst.
7 · This verse (above)
8Be corrected, Jerusalem, or my soul will be torn away from you, or I will make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.”