Jeremiah 12:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָיְתָה־לִּ֥י נַחֲלָתִ֖י כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה בַיָּ֑עַר נָתְנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י בְּקוֹלָ֖הּ עַל־כֵּ֥ן שְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

hāytāh-to-me my-naḥălātî like-ʾaryēh in-hayyāʿar she-nātnāh against-me with-qôlāh therefore I-śənēʾtîhā

Grammar Details

*hāytāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has become
*naḥălātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my inheritance
*ʾaryēh*: noun, masculine singular - lion
*hayyāʿar*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the forest
*nātnāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she gives/utters
*qôlāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her voice
*śənēʾtîhā*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I hate her

Word Meanings

*nātnāh bəqôlāh*: utters her voice/roars/yells
*śənēʾtîhā*: hate her/reject her/despise her

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:15 : 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jer 51:38 : 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

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