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Jeremiah 20:17 Interlinear

“ Because he slew and her womb or that my mother might have been my grave and her womb great to be always”

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Jeremiah 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
2	לֹא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
3	מוֹתְתַ֖נִי	H4191	Because he slew	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
4	וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ	H7358	and her womb	the womb
5	וַתְּהִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	לִ֤י	H0
7	אִמִּי֙	H517	or that my mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
8	קִבְרִ֔י	H6913	might have been my grave	a sepulcher
9	וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ	H7358	and her womb	the womb
10	הֲרַ֥ת	H2030	great	pregnant
11	עוֹלָֽם׃	H5769	to be always	properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

Jeremiah 20:17 (current) Because he slew and her womb or that my mother might have been my grave and her womb great to be always