238) Looking for Jeremiah

 

238) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 9:1


Oh, that

יִתֵּ֤ן (yit·tên)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5414: To give, put, set


my head

רֹאשִׁי֙ (rō·šî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 7218: The head


were a spring of water,

מַ֔יִם (ma·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


and my eyes

וְעֵינִ֖י (wə·‘ê·nî)

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

Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain


a fountain

מְק֣וֹר (mə·qō·wr)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)


of tears,

דִּמְעָ֑ה (dim·‘āh)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping)


I would weep

וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ (wə·’eḇ·keh)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular

Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan


day

יוֹמָ֣ם (yō·w·mām)

Adverb

Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day


and night

וָלַ֔יְלָה

 (wā·lay·lāh)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity


over the slain

חַֽלְלֵ֥י (ḥal·lê)

Noun - masculine plural construct

Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted


daughter

בַת־ (ḇaṯ-)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 1323: A daughter


of my people.

עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

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

- A spring of water!

- a fountain of water!

- I would weep day and night!

- When it’s too late, it’s too late!

- The storm must strike the country!

- What comes next?

- It is necessary to think ahead!

- It is necessary to use our brains!

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