For the breakingעַל שֶׁבֶרof the daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיI am broken;הָשְׁבָּרְתִּיI go about in mourning;קָדַרְתִּיhorrorשַׁמָּהhas seized me.הֶחֱזִקָתְנִי
Jeremiah 8:21
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Jeremiah 8:21, word by word
- For the breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- I am brokenהָשְׁבָּרְתִּיhashbarti
crush
To break pride; "a broken heart".
Where else “hashbarti” appears- I go about in mourningקָדַרְתִּיkadarti
mourn
To go about in grief, wearing sackcloth.
Where else “kadarti” appears- horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- has seized meהֶחֱזִקָתְhechezikat
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezikat” appears
The context
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 · This verse (above)
22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of my people not come up?