Jeremiah 2:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת׃

Transliteration

Kî ʿibrû ʾiyyê Kittiyyîm û-rəʾû wə-Qēdār šilḥû wə-hitbônənû məʾōd û-rəʾû hēn hāytāh kāzōʾt

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for
*ʿibrû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - cross over
*ʾiyyê*: noun, masculine plural construct - coastlands of
*Kittiyyîm*: proper noun - Kittim/Cyprus
*û-rəʾû*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and see
*wə-Qēdār*: conjunction + proper noun - and Kedar
*šilḥû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - send
*wə-hitbônənû*: conjunction + hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and consider diligently
*məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*hēn*: interjection - behold/whether
*hāytāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has been
*kāzōʾt*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - like this

Word Meanings

*ʿibrû*: cross over/pass through/travel to
*ʾiyyê*: coastlands/islands/coastal regions
*šilḥû*: send/dispatch
*hitbônənû*: consider diligently/observe carefully/pay close attention
*məʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
*hēn*: behold/look/whether

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Referenced Verses

Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Jer 18:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Dan 11:30 : 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
Gen 10:4-5 : 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Gen 25:13 : 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Num 24:24 : 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
Judg 19:30 : 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
1 Chr 1:7 : 7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Chr 23:1 : 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Chr 23:12 : 12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

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