Jeremiah

Jeremiah 17:16

¹⁶But I have not run away from being Your shepherd;

I have not desired the day of despair.

You know that the utterance of my lips

was spoken in Your presence.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But I	וַאֲנִ֞י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
have not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
run away	אַ֣צְתִּי׀	’aṣ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H213 press, be pressed, make haste
from being Your shepherd	מֵרֹעֶ֣ה	mê·rō·‘eh	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
I have not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
desired	הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִי	hiṯ·’aw·wê·ṯî	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular	H183 incline, desire
the day	וְי֥וֹם	wə·yō·wm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
of despair	אָנ֛וּשׁ	’ā·nūš	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H605 be weak, sick
You	אַתָּ֣ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
know	יָדָ֑עְתָּ	yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
that the utterance	מוֹצָ֣א	mō·w·ṣā	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4161 place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring
of my lips	שְׂפָתַ֔י	śə·p̄ā·ṯay	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H8193 lip, speech, edge
was	הָיָֽה׃	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in	נֹ֥כַח	nō·ḵaḥ	Preposition	H5227 front
Your presence	פָּנֶ֖יךָ	pā·ne·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before

Cross-references

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.