Jeremiah 14:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

Because the-ʾăḏāmāh ḥattāh for not-hāyāh gešem in-the-ʾāreṣ bōšû ʾikkārîm ḥāp̄û rōʾšām

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*ʾăḏāmāh*: ground/soil/land/earth
*ḥattāh*: dismayed/broken/cracked/shocked/shattered
*ʾikkārîm*: farmers/plowmen/husbandmen/tillers

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Referenced Verses

Joel 1:11 : 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel 1:19-20 : 19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Joel 1:17 : 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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