Jeremiah 46:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲלִ֤י גִלְעָד֙ וּקְחִ֣י צֳרִ֔י בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם לַשָּׁוְא֙ *הרביתי **הִרְבֵּ֣ית רְפֻא֔וֹת תְּעָלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʿălî Gilʿād û-qəḥî ṣŏrî, bətûlat bat-Miṣrāyim; la-ššāwəʾ hirbêt rəpuʾôt, təʿālāh ʾên for-lāḵ.

Grammar Details

*ʿălî*: qal imperative, feminine singular - go up
*Gilʿād*: proper name - Gilead
*û*-*qəḥî*: conjunction + qal imperative, feminine singular - and take
*ṣŏrî*: noun, masculine singular - balm
*bətûlat*: noun, feminine singular, construct state - virgin of
*bat*: noun, feminine singular, construct state - daughter of
*Miṣrāyim*: proper name - Egypt
*la*-*ššāwəʾ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - in vain
*hirbêt*: hiphil perfect, 2nd feminine singular - you have multiplied
*rəpuʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - medicines/remedies
*təʿālāh*: noun, feminine singular - healing/recovery
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
*lāḵ*: preposition with 2nd feminine singular suffix - for you

Word Meanings

*ʿălî*: go up/ascend
*ṣŏrî*: balm/healing resin
*bətûlat*: virgin/maiden
*hirbêt*: you have multiplied/increased/used many
*rəpuʾôt*: medicines/remedies/cures
*təʿālāh*: healing/recovery/bandage

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Isa 47:1 : 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Matt 5:26 : 26 Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
Luke 8:43-44 : 43 And a woman having {G1722} an issue of blood {G575} twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, 44 came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.
Jer 14:17 : 17 And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
Jer 30:12-15 : 12 For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Jer 51:8 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Ezek 27:17 : 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Gen 37:25 : 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Gen 43:11 : 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

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