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The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. (KJV)
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עָלָ֤ה'a.Lahit has gone up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 1
אַרְיֵה֙'ar.Yeha lion
Lemma: אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) · Strong's: H0738B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lion
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 2 Samuel 17:10, 1 Kings 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0738B; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 2
מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹmi.su.be.Khofrom thicket its
Lemma: סְבֹךְ (so.vekh) · Strong's: H5441
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: thicket
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5441; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 3
וּמַשְׁחִ֣יתu.mash.Chitand a destroyer of
Lemma: שָׁחַת (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7843
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVhrmsc)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7843; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 4
גּוֹיִ֔םgo.Yimnations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 5
נָסַ֖עna.Sa'he has set out
Lemma: נָסַע (na.sa) · Strong's: H5265
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to set out
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 11:2, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 33:12, Genesis 33:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5265; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 6
יָצָ֣אya.Tza'he has gone out
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 7
מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹmi.me.ko.Mofrom place his
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 8
לָשׂ֤וּםla.Sumto make
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 9
אַרְצֵךְ֙'ar.tzeKhland your
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 10
לְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.Mahinto a waste
Lemma: שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) · Strong's: H8047G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: horror: destroyed
Used 22 times. Also: 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 30:7, Psalms 46:8, Psalms 73:19, Isaiah 5:9, Isaiah 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8047G; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 11
עָרַ֥יִךְ'a.Ra.yikhcities your
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 12
תִּצֶּ֖ינָהti.Tzei.nahthey will fall in ruins
Lemma: נָצָה (na.tsah) · Strong's: H5327B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqi3fp)
Meaning: to desolate
Used 3 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:25, Isaiah 37:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5327B; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 13
מֵאֵ֥יןme.'Einfrom not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 14
יוֹשֵֽׁב\׃yo.Shevinhabitant
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Jeremiah 4:7 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A lion | → | אַרְיֵה H0738B lion |
| has gone up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| from his thicket | → | סְבֹךְ H5441 thicket |
| and a destroyer | → | שָׁחַת H7843 to ruin |
| of nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| has set out | → | נָסַע H5265 to set out |
| He has left | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| his lair | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| to lay | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| waste | → | שַׁמָּה H8047G horror: destroyed |
| your land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| Your cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| will be reduced | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| to ruins | → | נָצָה H5327B to desolate |
| and lie uninhabited | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
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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