For the mountainsעַל הֶהָרִיםI will take upאֶשָּׂאweepingבְכִיand wailing,וָנֶהִיand forוְעַלthe pasturesנְאוֹתof the wildernessמִדְבָּרa lament,קִינָהforכִּיthey are burned,נִצְּתוּwith noמִבְּלִיmanאִישׁpassing through,עֹבֵרand the soundקוֹלof cattleמִקְנֶהis notוְלֹאheard;שָׁמְעוּfrom the birdsמֵעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםtoוְעַדthe beasts,בְּהֵמָהthey have fled,נָדְדוּthey are gone.הָלָכוּ
Jeremiah 9:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”