Jeremiah 2:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת׃

Transliteration

Kî ʿibrû ʾiyyê Kittiyyîm û-rəʾû wə-Qēdār šilḥû wə-hitbônənû məʾōd û-rəʾû hēn hāytāh kāzōʾt

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for
*ʿibrû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - cross over
*ʾiyyê*: noun, masculine plural construct - coastlands of
*Kittiyyîm*: proper noun - Kittim/Cyprus
*û-rəʾû*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and see
*wə-Qēdār*: conjunction + proper noun - and Kedar
*šilḥû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - send
*wə-hitbônənû*: conjunction + hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and consider diligently
*məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*hēn*: interjection - behold/whether
*hāytāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has been
*kāzōʾt*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - like this

Word Meanings

*ʿibrû*: cross over/pass through/travel to
*ʾiyyê*: coastlands/islands/coastal regions
*šilḥû*: send/dispatch
*hitbônənû*: consider diligently/observe carefully/pay close attention
*məʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
*hēn*: behold/look/whether

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Referenced Verses

Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Jer 18:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 14 Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
Dan 11:30 : 30 For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do [his pleasure]: he shall even return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy covenant.
1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife.
Gen 10:4-5 : 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Gen 25:13 : 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Num 24:24 : 24 But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.
Judg 19:30 : 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
1 Chr 1:7 : 7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
1 Chr 23:1 : 1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Chr 23:12 : 12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

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