Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:18

¹⁸Why did I come out of the womb

to see only trouble and sorrow,

and to end my days in shame?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֤מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
did I come out	יָצָ֔אתִי	yā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
of the womb	מֵרֶ֣חֶם	mê·re·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb
to see	לִרְא֥וֹת	lir·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7200 see
only trouble	עָמָ֖ל	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
and sorrow	וְיָג֑וֹן	wə·yā·ḡō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3015 grief, sorrow
and to end	וַיִּכְל֥וּ	way·yiḵ·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
my days	יָמָֽי׃פ	yā·māy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
in shame	בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת	bə·ḇō·šeṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H1322 shame

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.