Jeremiah 22:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

׃22 10 אַל־תִּבְכּ֣וּ לְמֵ֔ת וְאַל־תָּנֻ֖דוּ ל֑וֹ בְּכ֤וּ בָכוֹ֙ לַֽהֹלֵ֔ךְ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשׁוּב֙ ע֔וֹד וְרָאָ֖ה אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃ ס

Transliteration

Not tibkû for mēt and not tānudû for him; bᵉkû bākô for hōlēk for not yāšûb again and rāʾāh ʾet-ʾereṣ môladtô.

Grammar Details

• *ʾal-tibkû*: negative particle + imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, qal, jussive - do not weep
• *lᵉ-mēt*: preposition + participle, masculine singular, qal - for the dead
• *wᵉ-ʾal-tānudû*: conjunction + negative particle + imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, qal, jussive - and do not mourn
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him
• *bᵉkû bākô*: imperative, masculine plural, qal + infinitive absolute, qal - weep intensely
• *la-hōlēk*: preposition + participle, masculine singular, qal - for the one going
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yāšûb*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will return
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/still/yet
• *wᵉ-rāʾāh*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - and see
• *ʾet-ʾereṣ*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the land of
• *môladtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his birth/native land

Word Meanings

• *tibkû*: weep/cry
• *mēt*: dead one/deceased
• *tānudû*: mourn/lament/show sympathy
• *bᵉkû bākô*: weep intensely/weep bitterly
• *hōlēk*: one going/departing/exiled
• *yāšûb*: he will return/come back
• *môladtô*: his birth/native land/homeland

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
• Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
• Jer 22:11 : 11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
• Lam 4:9 : 9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
• Ezek 19:3-4 : 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
• Luke 23:28 : 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
• 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
• 2 Kgs 23:30-34 : 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
• 2 Chr 35:23-25 : 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Jer 22:18 : 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!