King James Version
Jeremiah 14:5 in the King James Version says “Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.”
Jeremiah 14:5 · KJV
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits , and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“also calved”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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