Jeremiah 46:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִי־זֶ֖ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה כַּנְּהָר֕וֹת יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Who-zeh like-the-yəʾōr yaʿăleh; like-the-nəhārôt yitgāʿăšû mêmāyw?

Grammar Details

*mî*-*zeh*: interrogative pronoun + demonstrative pronoun - who is this
*ka*-*yəʾōr*: preposition of comparison + noun, masculine singular with definite article - like the Nile
*yaʿăleh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - rises/comes up
*ka*-*nəhārôt*: preposition of comparison + noun, masculine plural - like the rivers
*yitgāʿăšû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - surge/toss about
*mêmāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its waters

Word Meanings

*yəʾōr*: Nile/river/stream (especially referring to the Nile)
*yaʿăleh*: rises/comes up/ascends
*nəhārôt*: rivers/streams
*yitgāʿăšû*: surge/toss about/roar

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Jer 47:2 : 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Dan 11:22 : 22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Amos 8:8 : 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Rev 12:15 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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