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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD ! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. (KJV)
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וָאֹמַ֞רva.'o.Marand I said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
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 4:10 word 1
אֲהָ֣הּ\׀'a.Hahalas!
Lemma: אֲהָהּ (a.hah) · Strong's: H0162
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: alas!
Used 15 times. Also: Joshua 7:7, Judges 6:22, Judges 11:35, 2 Kings 3:10, 2 Kings 6:5, 2 Kings 6:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0162; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 2
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO Lord
Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Lord
Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 3
יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוִה (ye.ho.vih) · Strong's: H3069
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: YHWH/God
Used 306 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 9:26, Joshua 7:7, Judges 6:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3069; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 4
אָכֵן֩'a.Khentruly
Lemma: אָכֵן (a.khen) · Strong's: H0403
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: surely
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 28:16, Exodus 2:14, 1 Samuel 15:32, 1 Kings 11:2, Job 32:8, Psalms 31:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0403; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 5
הַשֵּׁ֨אha.She'certainly <to deceive>
Lemma: נָשָׁא (na.sah) · Strong's: H5377
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVhaa)
Meaning: to deceive
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 3:13, 2 Kings 18:29, 2 Kings 19:10, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Psalms 89:22, Isaiah 19:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5377; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 6
הִשֵּׁ֜אתָhi.She.tayou have deceived
Lemma: נָשָׁא (na.sah) · Strong's: H5377
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
Meaning: to deceive
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 3:13, 2 Kings 18:29, 2 Kings 19:10, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Psalms 89:22, Isaiah 19:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5377; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 7
לָעָ֤םla.'Am<to> the people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 4:10 word 8
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 9
וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣םve.li.ru.sha.Limand <to> Jerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 10
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> saying
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 4:10 word 11
שָׁל֖וֹםsha.Lompeace
Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: peace: well-being
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 29:6, Genesis 37:14, Genesis 43:27, Genesis 43:28, Exodus 18:7, Deuteronomy 29:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7965I; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 12
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will belong
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 13
וְנָגְעָ֥הve.na.ge.'Ahand it will reach
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 14
חֶ֖רֶבChe.reva sword
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 15
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 16
הַנָּֽפֶשׁ\׃ha.Na.feshthe throat
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: soul: life
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:10 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then I said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Ah | → | אֲהָהּ H0162 alas! |
| Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| GOD | → | יְהֹוִה H3069 YHWH/God |
| how completely | → | אָכֵן H0403 surely |
| You have deceived | → | נָשָׁא H5377 to deceive |
| . . . | → | נָשָׁא H5377 to deceive |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| and Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
| by saying | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| You will have | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| peace | → | שָׁלוֹם H7965I peace: well-being |
| while a sword | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| is at | → | עַד H5704 till |
| our throats | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life |
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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