Jeremiah 8:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִדָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֔יו מִקּוֹל֙ מִצְהֲל֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

From-Dān nišmaʿ naḥrat sûsāyw, from-qôl miṣhălôt ʾabbîrāyw rāʿăšāh all-the-ʾāreṣ; and-they wayyābôʾû and-they wayyōʾkᵊlû ʾereṣ and-mᵊlôʾāh, ʿîr and-yōšᵊbê in-it.

Grammar Details

*Dān*: proper name - Dan
*nišmaʿ*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is heard
*naḥrat*: construct state - snorting of
*sûsāyw*: plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horses
*qôl*: construct state - sound of
*miṣhălôt*: construct plural - neighings of
*ʾabbîrāyw*: plural adjective with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strong ones
*rāʿăšāh*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she trembles
*ʾāreṣ*: noun with definite article - the land/earth
*wayyābôʾû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they came
*wayyōʾkᵊlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they devoured
*ʾereṣ*: noun - land/earth
*mᵊlôʾāh*: noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its fullness
*ʿîr*: noun - city
*yōšᵊbê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - dwellers of

Word Meanings

*nišmaʿ*: is heard/is perceived
*naḥrat*: snorting/snorting sound
*sûsāyw*: his horses/steeds
*qôl*: sound/voice/noise
*miṣhălôt*: neighings/whinnying
*ʾabbîrāyw*: his strong ones/stallions/mighty ones
*rāʿăšāh*: trembles/quakes/shakes
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory
*wayyābôʾû*: they came/entered/arrived
*wayyōʾkᵊlû*: they devoured/consumed/ate
*mᵊlôʾāh*: its fullness/abundance/all that fills it
*yōšᵊbê*: dwellers/inhabitants/residents

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:22 : 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Judg 18:29 : 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Jer 4:15-16 : 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Jer 4:24 : 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Nah 1:4-5 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nah 3:2 : 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
1 Cor 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

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