Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:16

¹⁶May that man be like the cities

that the LORD overthrew without compassion.

May he hear an outcry in the morning

and a battle cry at noon,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May	הַה֔וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
that man	הָאִ֣ישׁ	hā·’îš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
be	וְהָיָה֙	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the cities	כֶּֽעָרִ֛ים	ke·‘ā·rîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
overthrew	הָפַ֥ךְ	hā·p̄aḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
without	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
compassion	נִחָ֑ם	ni·ḥām	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5162 be sorry, console
May he hear	וְשָׁמַ֤ע	wə·šā·ma‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
an outcry	זְעָקָה֙	zə·‘ā·qāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2201 shriek, outcry
in the morning	בַּבֹּ֔קֶר	bab·bō·qer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
and a battle cry	וּתְרוּעָ֖ה	ū·ṯə·rū·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8643 shout or blast of war, alarm, or joy
at noon	צָהֳרָֽיִם׃	ṣā·ho·rā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H6672 midday, noon

Cross-references

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

Jeremiah 18:22 · Deuteronomy 29:23 · Jeremiah 48:3–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.