Jeremiah 12:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָיְתָה־לִּ֥י נַחֲלָתִ֖י כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה בַיָּ֑עַר נָתְנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י בְּקוֹלָ֖הּ עַל־כֵּ֥ן שְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

hāytāh-to-me my-naḥălātî like-ʾaryēh in-hayyāʿar she-nātnāh against-me with-qôlāh therefore I-śənēʾtîhā

Grammar Details

*hāytāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has become
*naḥălātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my inheritance
*ʾaryēh*: noun, masculine singular - lion
*hayyāʿar*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the forest
*nātnāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she gives/utters
*qôlāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her voice
*śənēʾtîhā*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I hate her

Word Meanings

*nātnāh bəqôlāh*: utters her voice/roars/yells
*śənēʾtîhā*: hate her/reject her/despise her

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:15 : 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.
Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Jer 51:38 : 38 They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

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