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Is there noהַ אֵיןbalmצֳרִיin Gilead?בְּגִלְעָדIs there noאִם אֵיןphysicianרֹפֵאthere?שָׁםWhy thenכִּי מַדּוּעַhas the healingאֲרֻכַתof the daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיnotלֹאcome up?עָלְתָה
Jeremiah 8:22
Study it in the app“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of my people not come up?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:22, word by word
- balmצֳרִיtsori
balm
Balm: a resin used as medicine; Gilead was famous for it.
Where else “tsori” appears- in Gileadגִלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- physicianרֹפֵאrofe
physician
The one who attends the sick and treats wounds.
Where else “rofe” appears- Why thenמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- has the healingאֲרֻכַתaruchat
healing, restoration
Restoration, healing: the new flesh that closes a wound. Said also of a wall or a work being repaired.
Where else “aruchat” 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- come upעָלְתָהalta
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alta” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
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).
The context
21For the breaking of the daughter of my people I am broken; I go about in mourning; horror has seized me.
22 · This verse (above)