Jeremiah 49:17 Go deeper
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Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. (KJV)
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וְהָיְתָ֥הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
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 49:17 word 1
אֱד֖וֹם'e.DomEdom
Lemma: אֱדוֹם (e.dom) · Strong's: H0123G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Edom
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 32:3, Genesis 36:9, Genesis 36:16, Genesis 36:17, Genesis 36:31, Genesis 36:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0123G; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 2
לְשַׁמָּ֑הle.sha.Mah<into> a horror
Lemma: שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) · Strong's: H8047H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: horror: appalled
Used 17 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:37, 2 Chronicles 29:8, Jeremiah 5:30, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8047H; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 3
כֹּ֚לkolevery
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 4
עֹבֵ֣ר'o.Ver[one who] passes by
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 5
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haat it
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 49:17 word 6
יִשֹּׁ֥םyi.Shomhe will be appalled
Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: be desolate: appalled
Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 26:32, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Ezra 9:3, Ezra 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8074H; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 7
וְיִשְׁרֹ֖קve.yish.Rokand he may hiss
Lemma: שָׁרַק (sha.raq) · Strong's: H8319
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to whistle
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Kings 9:8, Job 27:23, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 7:18, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 50:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8319; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 8
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
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 49:17 word 9
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 10
מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ\׃ma.ko.Te.hawounds its
Lemma: מַכָּה (mak.kah) · Strong's: H4347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wound
Used 48 times. Also: Leviticus 26:21, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 29:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4347; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:17 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Edom | → | אֱדוֹם H0123G Edom |
| will become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| an object of horror | → | שַׁמָּה H8047H horror: appalled |
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| who pass | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| by | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| will be appalled | → | שָׁמֵם H8074H be desolate: appalled |
| and will scoff | → | שָׁרַק H8319 to whistle |
| at | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| her wounds | → | מַכָּה H4347 wound |
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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