Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:22
22Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is there no | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| balm | הַצֳרִי֙ | ha·ṣo·rî | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6875 balsam |
| in Gilead | בְּגִלְעָ֔ד | bə·ḡil·‘āḏ | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1568 Gilad |
| Is no | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| physician | רֹפֵ֖א | rō·p̄ê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7495 heal |
| there | שָׁ֑ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| Why | מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| then | כִּ֗י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| has the health | אֲרֻכַ֖ת | ’ă·ru·ḵaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H724 healing |
| of the daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of my people | עַמִּֽי׃ | ‘am·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| been restored | עָֽלְתָ֔ה | ‘ā·lə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 46:11 · Genesis 37:25 · Jeremiah 51:8 · Jeremiah 30:12–17 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 5:31–32 · Genesis 43:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.