Jer 14:1-6 : 1 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.1",
"source": "אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַבַּצָּרֽוֹת׃",
"text": "Which *hāyāh* *dəḇar*-*YHWH* unto-*Yirmeyāhû* concerning-*diḇrê* the-*baṣṣārôṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - was/happened/became",
"*dəḇar*": "construct noun, masculine singular - word of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*Yirmeyāhû*": "proper noun - Jeremiah",
"*diḇrê*": "construct noun, masculine plural - words of/matters of",
"*baṣṣārôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural with definite article - droughts/restraints"
},
"variants": {
"*dəḇar*": "word/speech/command/matter",
"*diḇrê*": "words/matters/things/accounts",
"*baṣṣārôṯ*": "droughts/restraints/withholdings/scarcity"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.2",
"source": "אָבְלָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ אֻמְלְל֖וּ קָדְר֣וּ לָאָ֑רֶץ וְצִוְחַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם עָלָֽתָה׃",
"text": "*ʾāḇlāh* *Yəhûḏāh* *ûšəʿārêhā* *ʾumləlû* *qāḏərû* to-the-*ʾāreṣ* *wəṣiwḥaṯ* *Yərûšālaim* *ʿālāṯāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāḇlāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - mourns/mourned",
"*Yəhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*ûšəʿārêhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her gates",
"*ʾumləlû*": "pual perfect, 3rd plural - have been made weak/languish",
"*qāḏərû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - are/become dark/gloomy",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with preposition + definite article - to the ground/earth",
"*wəṣiwḥaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct with conjunction - and cry of",
"*ʿālāṯāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - has gone up/ascended"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāḇlāh*": "mourns/laments/is in mourning",
"*ʾumləlû*": "languish/wither/are made feeble",
"*qāḏərû*": "are dark/mourn/are in mourning",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*ṣiwḥaṯ*": "cry/shriek/wail"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.3",
"source": "וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם שָׁלְח֥וּ *צעוריהם **צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם לַמָּ֑יִם בָּ֣אוּ עַל־גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵיהֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ וְחָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃",
"text": "*wəʾaddîrêhem* *šālḥû* *ṣəʿîrêhem* to-the-*māyim* *bāʾû* upon-*gēḇîm* not-*māṣəʾû* *mayim* *šāḇû* *kəlêhem* *rêqām* *bōšû* *wəhāḵləmû* *wəḥāp̄û* *rōʾšām*",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾaddîrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix with conjunction - and their nobles",
"*šālḥû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they sent",
"*ṣəʿîrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones/servants",
"*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition + definite article - for the water",
"*bāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they came",
"*gēḇîm*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition - to cisterns/pits",
"*māṣəʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural with negative particle - they did not find",
"*šāḇû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they returned",
"*kəlêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their vessels",
"*rêqām*": "adverb - empty",
"*bōšû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were ashamed",
"*wəhāḵləmû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd plural with conjunction - and they were humiliated",
"*wəḥāp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural with conjunction - and they covered",
"*rōʾšām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their head"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaddîrêhem*": "nobles/mighty ones/prominent people",
"*ṣəʿîrêhem*": "little ones/young ones/servants/inferiors",
"*gēḇîm*": "cisterns/pits/trenches/ditches",
"*bōšû*": "are ashamed/are disappointed/are confounded",
"*hāḵləmû*": "are humiliated/are put to shame/are disgraced",
"*ḥāp̄û*": "covered/veiled/hid"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.4",
"source": "בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃",
"text": "Because the-*ʾăḏāmāh* *ḥattāh* for not-*hāyāh* *gešem* in-the-*ʾāreṣ* *bōšû* *ʾikkārîm* *ḥāp̄û* *rōʾšām*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăḏāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the ground/soil",
"*ḥattāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - is dismayed/cracked/broken",
"*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with negative particle - was not/there was not",
"*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with preposition + definite article - in the land",
"*bōšû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they are ashamed",
"*ʾikkārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - farmers/plowmen",
"*ḥāp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they covered",
"*rōʾšām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their head"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăḏāmāh*": "ground/soil/land/earth",
"*ḥattāh*": "dismayed/broken/cracked/shocked/shattered",
"*ʾikkārîm*": "farmers/plowmen/husbandmen/tillers"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.5",
"source": "כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃",
"text": "For even-*ʾayyeleṯ* in-the-*śāḏeh* *yālḏāh* *wəʿāzôḇ* because not-*hāyāh* *dešeʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾayyeleṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - hind/doe/female deer",
"*śāḏeh*": "noun, masculine singular with preposition + definite article - in the field",
"*yālḏāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - she gave birth",
"*wəʿāzôḇ*": "qal infinitive absolute with conjunction - and forsaking/abandoning",
"*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with negative particle - was not/there was not",
"*dešeʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - tender grass/vegetation"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾayyeleṯ*": "hind/doe/female deer",
"*yālḏāh*": "gave birth/bore/brought forth",
"*wəʿāzôḇ*": "forsaking/abandoning/leaving behind",
"*dešeʾ*": "tender grass/vegetation/herbage/new growth"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.14.6",
"source": "וּפְרָאִים֙ עָמְד֣וּ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם שָׁאֲפ֥וּ ר֖וּחַ כַּתַּנִּ֑ים כָּל֥וּ עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם כִּי־אֵ֥ין עֵֽשֶׂב׃",
"text": "*ûp̄ərāʾîm* *ʿāmḏû* upon-*šəp̄āyim* *šāʾăp̄û* *rûaḥ* like-the-*tannîm* *kālû* *ʿênêhem* because-*ʾên* *ʿēśeḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*ûp̄ərāʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural with conjunction - and wild donkeys",
"*ʿāmḏû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they stood",
"*šəp̄āyim*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition - upon bare heights/hills",
"*šāʾăp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they pant for/gasp",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - wind/breath/air",
"*tannîm*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition + definite article - like the jackals/sea monsters",
"*kālû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they fail/are exhausted",
"*ʿênêhem*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eyes",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*ʿēśeḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - herb/vegetation"
},
"variants": {
"*p̄ərāʾîm*": "wild donkeys/onagers",
"*šəp̄āyim*": "bare heights/hills/high places",
"*šāʾăp̄û*": "pant for/gasp/gulp/inhale eagerly",
"*tannîm*": "jackals/dragons/sea monsters",
"*kālû*": "fail/are exhausted/are consumed",
"*ʿēśeḇ*": "herb/vegetation/grass/plants"
}
}