Jeremiah 6:8 Go deeper

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. (KJV)

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הִוָּסְרִי֙hi.va.se.Rilet yourself be instructed

Lemma: יָסַר (ya.sar) · Strong's: H3256

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVNv2fs)

Meaning: to discipline

Used 43 times. Also: Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 8:5, Deuteronomy 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3256; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 1

יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimO 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 6:8 word 2

פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 3

תֵּקַ֥עte.Ka'it should be alienated

Lemma: יָקַע (ya.qa) · Strong's: H3363

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to dislocate/hang

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 32:25, Numbers 25:4, 2 Samuel 21:6, 2 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 21:13, Ezekiel 23:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3363; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 4

נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 5

מִמֵּ֑ךְmi.Mekhfrom you

Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: from

Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 6

פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 7

אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ'a.si.MekhI should make you

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

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 6:8 word 8

שְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.Maha desolation

Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: devastation

Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Jeremiah 6:8 word 9

אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

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 6:8 word 10

ל֥וֹאLo'[which] 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 6:8 word 11

נוֹשָֽׁבָה\׃\ \פno.Sha.vahit is inhabited

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)

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 6:8 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Be forewarned	→	יָסַר H3256 to discipline
O Jerusalem	→	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem
or	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
I	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
will turn away	→	יָקַע H3363 to dislocate/hang
from you	→	מִן־ H4480A from
. . .	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
I will make	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
you a desolation	→	שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation
a land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
without	→	לֹא H3808 not
inhabitant	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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