Jeremiah

Jeremiah 15:18

¹⁸Why is my pain unending,

and my wound incurable,

refusing to be healed?

You have indeed become like a mirage to me—

water that is not there.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is	הָיָ֤ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
my pain	כְאֵבִי֙	ḵə·’ê·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3511 pain
unending	נֶ֔צַח	ne·ṣaḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
and my wound	וּמַכָּתִ֖י	ū·mak·kā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4347 blow, wound, slaughter
incurable	אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙	’ă·nū·šāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H605 be weak, sick
refusing	מֵֽאֲנָה֙	mê·’ă·nāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3985 refuse
to be healed	הֵֽרָפֵ֔א	hê·rā·p̄ê	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H7495 heal
You have indeed become	הָי֨וֹ	hā·yōw	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like	כְּמ֣וֹ	kə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
a mirage	אַכְזָ֔ב	’aḵ·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H391 deceptive, disappointing
to me	לִי֙	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
water	מַ֖יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
that is not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
there	נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ס	ne·’ĕ·mā·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H539 confirm, support

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 30:15 · Job 34:6 · Micah 1:9 · Jeremiah 20:7 · Jeremiah 14:19 · Job 6:15–20 · Jeremiah 30:12 · Jeremiah 14:3 · Jeremiah 1:18–19 · Psalm 13:1–3 · Psalm 6:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.