Jeremiah 46:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִי־זֶ֖ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה כַּנְּהָר֕וֹת יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Who-zeh like-the-yəʾōr yaʿăleh; like-the-nəhārôt yitgāʿăšû mêmāyw?

Grammar Details

*mî*-*zeh*: interrogative pronoun + demonstrative pronoun - who is this
*ka*-*yəʾōr*: preposition of comparison + noun, masculine singular with definite article - like the Nile
*yaʿăleh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - rises/comes up
*ka*-*nəhārôt*: preposition of comparison + noun, masculine plural - like the rivers
*yitgāʿăšû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - surge/toss about
*mêmāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its waters

Word Meanings

*yəʾōr*: Nile/river/stream (especially referring to the Nile)
*yaʿăleh*: rises/comes up/ascends
*nəhārôt*: rivers/streams
*yitgāʿăšû*: surge/toss about/roar

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Jer 47:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
Dan 11:22 : 22 And the overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.
Amos 8:8 : 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
Rev 12:15 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

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