Jeremiah

Jeremiah 30:6

⁶Ask now, and see:

Can a male give birth?

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor

and every face turned pale?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ask	שַׁאֲלוּ־	ša·’ă·lū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7592 ask, inquire
now	נָ֣א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
and see	וּרְא֔וּ	ū·rə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7200 see
Can	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
a male	זָכָ֑ר	zā·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H2145 male
give birth	יֹלֵ֖ד	yō·lêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Why then	מַדּוּעַ֩	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
do I see	רָאִ֨יתִי	rā·’î·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
every	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	גֶּ֜בֶר	ge·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
with his hands	יָדָ֤יו	yā·ḏāw	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his stomach	חֲלָצָיו֙	ḥă·lā·ṣāw	Noun - masculine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H2504 loins
like a woman in labor	כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה	kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
and every	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
face	פָּנִ֖ים	pā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6440 face, before
turned	וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ	wə·ne·hep̄·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H2015 turn, overturn
pale	לְיֵרָקֽוֹן׃	lə·yê·rā·qō·wn	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H3420 mildew, paleness, lividnees

Cross-references

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

Joel 2:6 · Nahum 2:10 · Jeremiah 4:31 · Isaiah 21:3 · Jeremiah 22:23 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Hosea 13:13 · Psalm 48:6 · Jeremiah 6:24 · John 16:21–22 · Jeremiah 50:43 · Jeremiah 49:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.