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and let them hurryוּתְמַהֵרְנָהand raiseוְתִשֶּׂנָהover usעָלֵינוּa wailing,נֶהִיthat our eyesעֵינֵינוּmay run downוְתֵרַדְנָהwith tearsדִּמְעָהand our eyelidsוְעַפְעַפֵּינוּflowיִזְּלוּwith water.מָיִם
Jeremiah 9:18
Study it in the app“and let them hurry and raise over us a wailing, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:18, word by word
- and let them hurryתְמַהֵרְנָהtemaherna
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “temaherna” appears- and raiseתִשֶּׂנָהtisena
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisena” appears- a wailingנֶהִיnehi
lament
Lament: a song of mourning for someone who has died or for a disaster.
Where else “nehi” appears- that our eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- may run downתֵרַדְנָהteradna
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “teradna” appears- with tearsדִּמְעָהdima
tears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dima” appears- and our eyelidsעַפְעַפֵּיafape
eyelid
An eyelid; also an eyelash. In poetry, "the eyelids of the dawn" are the first rays of morning.
Where else “afape” appears- flowיִזְּלוּyizlu
flow
For water to flow strongly or drop by drop, or for something like water to run.
Where else “yizlu” appears- with waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
17Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come, and send for the wise women to come;
18 · This verse (above)
19For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are devastated! We are greatly ashamed, for we have left the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.’”