Jeremiah 14:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפְרָאִים֙ עָמְד֣וּ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם שָׁאֲפ֥וּ ר֖וּחַ כַּתַּנִּ֑ים כָּל֥וּ עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם כִּי־אֵ֥ין עֵֽשֶׂב׃

Transliteration

ûp̄ərāʾîm ʿāmḏû upon-šəp̄āyim šāʾăp̄û rûaḥ like-the-tannîm kālû ʿênêhem because-ʾên ʿēśeḇ

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:24 : 24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Job 39:5-6 : 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Joel 1:18 : 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
1 Sam 14:29 : 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Lam 5:17 : 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

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