Jeremiah

Jeremiah 48:14–15

¹⁴How can you say, ‘We are warriors,

mighty men ready for battle’?

¹⁵Moab has been destroyed

and its towns have been invaded;

the best of its young men

have gone down in the slaughter,

declares the King,

whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

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Jeremiah 48:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	אֵ֚יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
can you say	תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ	tō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
We	אֲנָ֑חְנוּ	’ă·nā·ḥə·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
are warriors	גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים	gib·bō·w·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H1368 strong, mighty
mighty	חַ֖יִל	ḥa·yil	Noun - masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
men	וְאַנְשֵׁי־	wə·’an·šê-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
ready for battle	לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃	lam·mil·ḥā·māh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war

Jeremiah 48:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Moab	מוֹאָב֙	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
has been destroyed	שֻׁדַּ֤ד	šud·daḏ	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
and its towns	וְעָרֶ֣יהָ	wə·‘ā·re·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5892 excitement
have been invaded	עָלָ֔ה	‘ā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
the best	וּמִבְחַ֥ר	ū·miḇ·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4005 choicest, best
of its young men	בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו	ba·ḥū·rāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H970 young man
have gone down	יָרְד֣וּ	yā·rə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
in the slaughter	לַטָּ֑בַח	laṭ·ṭā·ḇaḥ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2874 slaughtering, slaughter
declares	נְאֻ֨ם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the King	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
whose name	שְׁמֽוֹ׃	šə·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 48:14 Psalm 33:16 · Isaiah 10:16 · Isaiah 10:13

Jeremiah 48:15 Jeremiah 50:27 · Jeremiah 46:18 · Jeremiah 51:57 · Malachi 1:14 · Isaiah 40:30–31

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.