Hebrew Interlinear
Jeremiah 9:1 Interlinear
“ Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מִֽי | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 2 | יִתֵּ֤ן | H5414 | Oh that | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 3 | רֹאשִׁי֙ | H7218 | my head | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 4 | מַ֔יִם | H4325 | were waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 5 | וְעֵינִ֖י | H5869 | and mine eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 6 | מְק֣וֹר | H4726 | a fountain | properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); |
| 7 | דִּמְעָ֑ה | H1832 | of tears | weeping |
| 8 | וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ | H1058 | that I might weep | to weep; generally to bemoan |
| 9 | יוֹמָ֣ם | H3119 | day | daily |
| 10 | וָלַ֔יְלָה | H3915 | and night | properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity |
| 11 | אֵ֖ת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | חַֽלְלֵ֥י | H2491 | for the slain | pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted |
| 13 | בַת | H1323 | of the daughter | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 14 | עַמִּֽי׃ | H5971 | of my people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
Verse Context
Jeremiah 9:1 (current) Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people
Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men that I might leave...