Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 15:18 Interlinear

Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable which refuseth to be healed wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as waters that fail

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לָ֣מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2הָיָ֤הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3כְאֵבִי֙H3511Why is my painsuffering (physical or mental), adversity
4נֶ֔צַחH5331perpetualproperly, a goal, i.e., the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objecti
5וּמַכָּתִ֖יH4347and my wounda blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
6אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙H605incurableto be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
7מֵֽאֲנָה֙H3985which refusethto refuse
8הֵֽרָפֵ֔אH7495to be healedproperly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure
9הָי֨וֹH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10תִֽהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11לִי֙H0
12כְּמ֣וֹH3644as, thus, so
13אַכְזָ֔בH391wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liarfalsehood; by implication treachery
14מַ֖יִםH4325and as waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
15לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
16נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃H539that failproperly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen

Verse Context

Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers nor rejoiced because...
Jeremiah 15:18 (current) Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable which refuseth to be healed wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as waters that fail
Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD If thou return...

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