Jeremiah 9:10

“For the mountains I will take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lament, for they are burned, with no man passing through, and the sound of cattle is not heard; from the birds of the heavens to the beasts, they have fled, they are gone.”

Jeremiah 9:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 9:10, word by word

For the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
I will take upאֶשָּׂאesa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “esa” appears
weepingבְכִיvechi

weeping

Weeping.

Where else “vechi” appears
and wailingנֶהִיnehi

lament

Lament: a song of mourning for someone who has died or for a disaster.

Where else “nehi” appears
the pasturesנְאוֹתneot

pasture

A meadow where the flock grazes and rests.

Where else “neot” appears
of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears
a lamentקִינָהkina

lament, dirge

Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.

Where else “kina” appears
they are burnedנִצְּתוּnitstu

set on fire

Set on fire, burn.

Where else “nitstu” appears
with noבְּלִיbeli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

Where else “beli” appears
manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
passing throughעֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “over” appears
and the soundקוֹלkol

sound

What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.

Where else “kol” appears
of cattleמִקְנֶהmikne

livestock

Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.

Where else “mikne” appears
heardשָׁמְעוּshamu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shamu” appears
from the birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

Where else “of” appears
of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
the beastsבְּהֵמָהbehema

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “behema” appears
they have fledנָדְדוּnaddu

flee

To go far away, or flap wings.

Where else “naddu” appears
they are goneהָלָכוּhalachu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “halachu” appears

The context

9Shall I not punish them for these things? declares YHWH. On a nation such as this shall my soul not avenge itself?

10 · This verse (above)

11And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals, and the cities of Judah I will make a desolation, without inhabitant.”

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