Jeremiah
Jeremiah 46:16
16They continue to stumble;
indeed, they have fallen over one another.
They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They continue | הִרְבָּ֖ה | hir·bāh | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| to stumble | כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל | kō·wō·šêl | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3782 stumble, stagger, totter |
| indeed | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| have fallen | נָפַ֞ל | nā·p̄al | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| over | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| one another | רֵעֵ֗הוּ | rê·‘ê·hū | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| They say | וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| Get up | ק֣וּמָה׀ | qū·māh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| Let us return | וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה | wə·nā·šu·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| our people | עַמֵּ֗נוּ | ‘am·mê·nū | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H5971 people |
| and to | וְאֶל־ | wə·’el- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the land | אֶ֙רֶץ֙ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of our birth | מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּ | mō·w·laḏ·tê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H4138 nativity, lineage, native country |
| away from | מִפְּנֵ֖י | mip·pə·nê | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the sword | חֶ֥רֶב | ḥe·reḇ | Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| of the oppressor | הַיּוֹנָֽה׃ | hay·yō·w·nāh | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3238 suppress (?), oppress, maltreat |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Leviticus 26:36–37 · Jeremiah 51:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.