Jeremiah 8:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִדָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֔יו מִקּוֹל֙ מִצְהֲל֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

From-Dān nišmaʿ naḥrat sûsāyw, from-qôl miṣhălôt ʾabbîrāyw rāʿăšāh all-the-ʾāreṣ; and-they wayyābôʾû and-they wayyōʾkᵊlû ʾereṣ and-mᵊlôʾāh, ʿîr and-yōšᵊbê in-it.

Grammar Details

*Dān*: proper name - Dan
*nišmaʿ*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is heard
*naḥrat*: construct state - snorting of
*sûsāyw*: plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horses
*qôl*: construct state - sound of
*miṣhălôt*: construct plural - neighings of
*ʾabbîrāyw*: plural adjective with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strong ones
*rāʿăšāh*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she trembles
*ʾāreṣ*: noun with definite article - the land/earth
*wayyābôʾû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they came
*wayyōʾkᵊlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they devoured
*ʾereṣ*: noun - land/earth
*mᵊlôʾāh*: noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its fullness
*ʿîr*: noun - city
*yōšᵊbê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - dwellers of

Word Meanings

*nišmaʿ*: is heard/is perceived
*naḥrat*: snorting/snorting sound
*sûsāyw*: his horses/steeds
*qôl*: sound/voice/noise
*miṣhălôt*: neighings/whinnying
*ʾabbîrāyw*: his strong ones/stallions/mighty ones
*rāʿăšāh*: trembles/quakes/shakes
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory
*wayyābôʾû*: they came/entered/arrived
*wayyōʾkᵊlû*: they devoured/consumed/ate
*mᵊlôʾāh*: its fullness/abundance/all that fills it
*yōšᵊbê*: dwellers/inhabitants/residents

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:22 : 22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Judg 18:29 : 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
Jer 4:15-16 : 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim: 16 make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Jer 4:24 : 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Jer 6:23 : 23 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Nah 1:4-5 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nah 3:2 : 2 The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
1 Cor 10:26 : 26 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

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