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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? (KJV)
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מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 1
תֹּֽאמְרִי֙to.me.Riwill you say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqi2fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 2
כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 3
יִפְקֹ֣דyif.Kodhe will appoint
Lemma: פָּקַד (pa.qad) · Strong's: H6485J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to reckon: overseer
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 39:5, Genesis 40:4, Genesis 41:34, Leviticus 6:4, Numbers 1:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6485J; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 4
עָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhover you
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 5
וְ֠אַתְּVe.'atand you
Lemma: אַתְּ (at.te) · Strong's: H0859C
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Feminine · Singular (HPp2fs)
Meaning: you(f.s.)
Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 39:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859C; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 6
לִמַּ֨דְתְּli.Madtyou taught
Lemma: לָמַד (la.mad) · Strong's: H3925G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVpp2fs)
Meaning: to learn: teach
Used 62 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 4:14, Deuteronomy 5:31, Deuteronomy 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3925G; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 7
אֹתָ֥ם'o.Tam<obj.> them
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 8
עָלַ֛יִךְ'a.La.yikhover you
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 9
אַלֻּפִ֖ים'a.lu.Fimclose friends
Lemma: אַלּוּף (al.luph) · Strong's: H0441A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: tame
Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 55:13, Psalms 144:14, Proverbs 2:17, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:9, Jeremiah 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0441A; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 10
לְרֹ֑אשׁle.Roshto chief
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: head: leader
Used 177 times. Also: Exodus 6:14, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218H; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 11
הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 12
חֲבָלִים֙cha.va.Limlabor-pains
Lemma: חֵ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: pain
Used 9 times. Also: Job 21:17, Job 39:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 26:17, Isaiah 66:7, Jeremiah 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256B; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 13
יֹאחֱז֔וּךְyo.che.Zukhwill they seize you
Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to grasp
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 34:10, Genesis 47:27, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0270; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 14
כְּמ֖וֹke.Molike
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 15
אֵ֥שֶׁת'E.sheta woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 16
לֵדָֽה\׃le.Dah<of> giving birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Jeremiah 13:21 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| will you say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| He sets | → | פָּקַד H6485J to reckon: overseer |
| over you | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| close | → | אַלּוּף H0441A tame |
| allies | → | רֹאשׁ H7218H head: leader |
| whom you | → | אַתְּ H0859C you(f.s.) |
| yourself trained | → | לָמַד H3925G to learn: teach |
| Will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| pangs of anguish | → | חֵ֫בֶל H2256B pain |
| grip you | → | אָחַז H0270 to grasp |
| as | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| they do a woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
| in labor | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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