Jeremiah 10:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְק֨וֹל תִּתּ֜וֹ הֲמ֥וֹן מַ֙יִם֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה נְשִׂאִ֖ים מִקְצֵ֣ה *ארץ **הָאָ֑רֶץ בְּרָקִ֤ים לַמָּטָר֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹצֵא ר֖וּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

To-qôl giving-his hămôn mayim in-ha-šāmayim and-he-brings-up nəśiʾîm from-edge-of hā-ʾāreṣ bərāqîm for-ha-māṭār ʿāśāh and-he-brings-forth rûaḥ from-ʾōṣrōtāyw

Grammar Details

• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - voice of
• *hămôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - multitude of
• *mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
• *ha-šāmayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the heavens
• *nəśiʾîm*: noun, masculine plural - clouds/vapors
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
• *bərāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - lightnings
• *ha-māṭār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the rain
• *ʿāśāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he made/did
• *rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular - wind/spirit/breath
• *ʾōṣrōtāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his storehouses

Word Meanings

• *qôl*: voice/sound/noise
• *hămôn*: multitude/crowd/abundance/noise
• *nəśiʾîm*: clouds/vapors/mists
• *bərāqîm*: lightnings/flashes
• *rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath/air
• *ʾōṣrōtāyw*: his storehouses/treasuries

Referenced Verses

• Ps 135:7 : 7 Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
• Job 38:34-35 : 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
• Job 38:22 : 22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
• Job 38:25-27 : 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
• Ps 135:17 : 17 They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
• Ps 147:8 : 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Ps 18:13 : 13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. 4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory. 10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
• Ps 68:33 : 33 To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
• Exod 9:23 : 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
• 1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
• 1 Kgs 18:41 : 41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
• 1 Kgs 18:45-46 : 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel: 46 and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
• Job 36:27-33 : 27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. 29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. 31 For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. 32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
• Job 37:2-5 : 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.