222) Looking for Jeremiah

 

222) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:7

Even

גַּם־ (gam-)

Conjunction

Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

the stork

חֲסִידָ֣ה (ḥă·sî·ḏāh)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 2624: The kind, bird, a stork

in the sky

בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (ḇaš·šā·ma·yim)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

knows

יָֽדְעָה֙ (yā·ḏə·‘āh)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Strong's 3045: To know

her appointed seasons.

מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ (mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·hā)

Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

The turtledove,

וְתֹ֤ר (wə·ṯōr)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 8449: A ring-dove, a term of endearment

the swift,

וְסִיס֙ (wə·sîs)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

and the thrush

וְעָג֔וּר (wə·‘ā·ḡūr)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5693: (a kind of bird) perhaps a crane

observe

שָׁמְר֖וּ (šā·mə·rū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

their time

עֵ֣ת (‘êṯ)

Noun - common singular construct

Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

of migration,

בֹּאָ֑נָה (bō·’ā·nāh)

Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine plural

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

but My people

וְעַמִּ֕י (wə·‘am·mî)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

do not

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

know

יָֽדְע֔וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 3045: To know

the requirements

מִשְׁפַּ֥ט (miš·paṭ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of the LORD.

יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

- Even the birds act properly!

- But not the people of Judah!

- As a consequence, they will be forced to migrate!