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For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (KJV)
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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 2:13 word 1
שְׁתַּ֥יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 2
רָע֖וֹתra.'otevil things
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: distress: evil
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 3
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahit has done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 4
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople my
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 5
אֹתִ֨י'o.Ti<obj.> me
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 2:13 word 6
עָזְב֜וּ'a.ze.Vuthey have forsaken
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to leave: forsake
Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 7
מְק֣וֹר\׀me.Kora spring of
Lemma: מָקוֹר (ma.qor) · Strong's: H4726
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fountain
Used 18 times. Also: Leviticus 12:7, Leviticus 20:18, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 68:26, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 10:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4726; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 8
מַ֣יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 9
חַיִּ֗יםchai.Yimliving
Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: alive
Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 10
לַחְצֹ֤בlach.Tzoto dig
Lemma: חָצַב (cha.tsav) · Strong's: H2672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hew
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:9, 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Kings 12:12, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Chronicles 22:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2672; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 11
בֹּאר֔וֹתbo.Rotcisterns
Lemma: בֹּאר (bor) · Strong's: H0877
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: cistern
Used 4 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0877; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 12
בֹּארֹת֙bo.Rotcisterns
Lemma: בֹּאר (bor) · Strong's: H0877
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: cistern
Used 4 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Samuel 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0877; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 13
נִשְׁבָּרִ֔יםnish.ba.Rimbroken
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 14
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 15
לֹא\־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 2:13 word 16
יָכִ֖לוּya.Khi.luthey contain
Lemma: כּוּל (kul) · Strong's: H3557
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)
Meaning: to sustain
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 45:11, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 50:21, Ruth 4:15, 2 Samuel 19:32, 2 Samuel 19:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3557; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 17
הַמָּֽיִם\׃ha.Ma.yim<the> water
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:13 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| My people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| have committed | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| two | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| evils | → | רָעָה H7451I distress: evil |
| They have forsaken Me | → | עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake |
| the fountain | → | מָקוֹר H4726 fountain |
| of living | → | חַי H2416A alive |
| water | → | מַי H4325G water |
| and they have dug | → | חָצַב H2672 to hew |
| their own | → | |
| cisterns | → | בֹּאר H0877 cistern |
| broken | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| cisterns | → | בֹּאר H0877 cistern |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| cannot | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| hold | → | כּוּל H3557 to sustain |
| water | → | מַי H4325G water |
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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