Jeremiah 31:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה מִלֵּֽאתִי׃

Transliteration

kî hirwêtî nep̄eš ʿăyēp̄āh wə-ḵāl-nep̄eš dāʾăḇāh millēʾtî.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hirwêtî*: hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I have satiated/watered abundantly
*nep̄eš*: feminine singular noun construct - soul of
*ʿăyēp̄āh*: adjective feminine singular - weary/faint
*wə-ḵāl*: conjunction + noun construct - and every
*dāʾăḇāh*: adjective feminine singular - languishing/sorrowful
*millēʾtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I have filled

Word Meanings

*hirwêtî*: satiated/watered abundantly/refreshed/filled
*nep̄eš*: soul/life/being/person
*ʿăyēp̄āh*: weary/faint/exhausted
*dāʾăḇāh*: languishing/sorrowful/pining/grieving
*millēʾtî*: filled/satisfied/fulfilled/replenished

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 31:14 : 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.
Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Ps 107:9 : 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
John 4:14 : 14 but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
2 Cor 7:6 : 6 Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, [even] God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Luke 1:53 : 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

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