Jeremiah 22:23 Go deeper
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O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! (KJV)
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בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןba.le.va.Nonin <the> Lebanon
Lemma: לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) · Strong's: H3844G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Lebanon
Used 63 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3844G; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 1
בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑יםba.'a.ra.Zimamong the cedars
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) · Strong's: H0730
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cedar
Used 73 times. Also: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0730; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 2
מַה\־mah-how!
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 22:23 word 3
נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ne.chanTyou will groan
Lemma: אָנַח (a.nach) · Strong's: H0584
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVNp2fs)
Meaning: to sigh
Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Proverbs 29:2, Isaiah 24:7, Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0584; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 4
בְּבֹא\־be.vo'-when will come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 5
חֲבָלִ֔יםcha.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 13:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2256B; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 6
חִ֖ילchilanguish
Lemma: חִיל (chil) · Strong's: H2427A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: agony
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 15:14, Psalms 48:6, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 50:43, Micah 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2427A; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:23 word 7
כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה\׃kai.yo.le.Dahlike <the> [woman] giving birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
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 22:23 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| O inhabitant | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| of Lebanon | → | לְבָנוֹן H3844G Lebanon |
| nestled | → | קִנֵּן H7077 to make a nest |
| in the cedars | → | אֶ֫רֶז H0730 cedar |
| how | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| you will groan | → | אָנַח H0584 to sigh |
| when pangs of anguish | → | חֵ֫בֶל H2256B pain |
| come | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| upon you | → | |
| agony | → | חִיל H2427A agony |
| like a 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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