Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:17

¹⁷because he did not kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

and her womb forever enlarged.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
because	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
he did not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
kill me	מוֹתְתַ֖נִי	mō·wṯ·ṯa·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H4191 die
in the womb	מֵרָ֑חֶם	mê·rā·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb
so that my mother	אִמִּי֙	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother
might have been	וַתְּהִי־	wat·tə·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
my grave	קִבְרִ֔י	qiḇ·rî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6913 grave, sepulchre
and her womb	וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ	wə·raḥ·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7358 womb
forever	עוֹלָֽם׃	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
enlarged	הֲרַ֥ת	hă·raṯ	Adjective - feminine singular construct	H2030 pregnant

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.