Jer 14:3-4 : 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"
}
}