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We hopedקַוֵּהfor peace,לְשָׁלוֹםbut there is noוְאֵיןgood;טוֹבfor a timeלְעֵתof healing,מַרְפֵּהand look,וְהִנֵּהterror!בְעָתָה
Jeremiah 8:15
Study it in the app“We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and look, terror!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:15, word by word
- We hopedקַוֵּהkave
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kave” appears- for peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- for a timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of healingמַרְפֵּהmarpe
healing
What heals a wound; without remedy is without any possibility of cure.
Where else “marpe” appears- terrorבְעָתָהveata
terror
Terror, sudden dread.
Where else “veata” appears
Translation note
The same words in 14:19.
The context
14Why are we sitting still? Gather together, and let us go into the fortified cities and be silent there; for YHWH our Elohim has silenced us and given us to drink water of poison, because we have sinned against YHWH.
15 · This verse (above)
16From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses; at the sound of the neighing of his stallions the whole land quakes; and they come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who live in it.