Matthew
Matthew 2:18
18“A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”d
Footnotes
- d 2:18 Jeremiah 31:15|JER 31:15
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A voice | Φωνὴ | Phōnē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5456 a sound, noise, voice |
| is heard | ἠκούσθη | ēkousthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G191 I hear, listen |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Ramah | Ῥαμὰ | Rhama | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4471 Rama |
| weeping | κλαυθμὸς | klauthmos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2805 weeping, lamentation |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| great | πολύς | polys | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4183 much, many, often |
| mourning | ὀδυρμὸς | odyrmos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3602 lamentation, wailing |
| Rachel | Ῥαχὴλ | Rhachēl | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G4478 Rachel |
| weeping | κλαίουσα | klaiousa | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2799 I weep, weep for, mourn |
| her | αὐτῆς | autēs | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| children | τέκνα | tekna | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G5043 a child, descendent, inhabitant |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| refusing | ἤθελεν | ēthelen | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| to be comforted | παρακληθῆναι | paraklēthēnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive | G3870 I summon, entreat, admonish, comfort |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| they are | εἰσίν | eisin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| no more | οὐκ | ouk | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 31:15 · Jeremiah 9:17–21 · Jeremiah 4:31 · Genesis 35:16–20 · Ezekiel 2:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.