Jeremiah

Jeremiah 9:18

¹⁸Let them come quickly

and take up a lament over us,

that our eyes may overflow with tears,

and our eyelids may gush with water.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let them come quickly	וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה	ū·ṯə·ma·hê·rə·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H4116 hasten
and take up	וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה	wə·ṯiś·śe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
a lament	נֶ֑הִי	ne·hî	Noun - masculine singular	H5092 wailing, lamentation, mourning song
over us	עָלֵ֖ינוּ	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
that our eyes	עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙	‘ê·nê·nū	Noun - cdc; first person common plural	H5869 eye
may overflow	וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה	wə·ṯê·raḏ·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
with tears	דִּמְעָ֔ה	dim·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H1832 tears
and our eyelids	וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ	wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine dual construct; first person common plural	H6079 eyelid
may gush	יִזְּלוּ־	yiz·zə·lū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5140 flow, trickle, drop, distil
with water	מָֽיִם׃	mā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.