Jeremiah

Jeremiah 14:6

⁶Wild donkeys stand on barren heights;

they pant for air like jackals;^a

their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Wild donkeys	וּפְרָאִים֙	ū·p̄ə·rā·’îm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H6501 wild ass
stand	עָמְד֣וּ	‘ā·mə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5975 take one's stand, stand
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
barren heights	שְׁפָיִ֔ם	šə·p̄ā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8205 bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height
they pant	שָׁאֲפ֥וּ	šā·’ă·p̄ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7602 gasp, pant, pant after, long for
for air	ר֖וּחַ	rū·aḥ	Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
like jackals	כַּתַּנִּ֑ים	kat·tan·nîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common plural	H8577 serpent, dragon, sea-monster
their eyes	עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם	‘ê·nê·hem	Noun - cdc; third person masculine plural	H5869 eye
fail	כָּל֥וּ	kā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
lack	אֵ֥ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
of pasture	עֵֽשֶׂב׃	‘ê·śeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6212 herb, herbage

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.