Jeremiah 48:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֚יךְ תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַנְשֵׁי־חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

How tōʾmᵉrû 'gibbôrîm ʾănāḥnû and wᵉʾanšê-ḥayil for the milḥāmāh'?

Grammar Details

*ʾêḵ*: interrogative adverb - 'how'
*tōʾmᵉrû*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you say'
*gibbôrîm*: adjective, masculine plural - 'mighty men/warriors'
*ʾănāḥnû*: pronoun, 1st plural - 'we'
*wᵉ-ʾanšê*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - 'and men of'
*ḥayil*: noun, masculine singular - 'strength/might/valor'
*la-milḥāmāh*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - 'for the battle/war'

Word Meanings

*gibbôrîm*: mighty men/warriors/heroes
*ʾanšê-ḥayil*: men of valor/mighty men/strong men
*milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting

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Referenced Verses

Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Isa 10:13 : 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 36:4-5 : 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 5 I say, sayest thou,(but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Jer 8:8 : 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Jer 49:16 : 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Ezek 30:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
Zeph 2:10 : 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ps 11:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

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