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Jeremiah 9:1

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[Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?	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!	Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Oh that^H5414 my head^H7218 were waters^H4325, and mine eyes^H5869 a fountain^H4726 of tears^H1832, that I might weep^H1058 day^H3119 and night^H3915 for the slain^H2491 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971!

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Original Hebrew

מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר מְלֹון אֹרְחִים וְאֶעֶזְבָה אֶת־עַמִּי וְאֵלְכָה מֵאִתָּם כִּי כֻלָּם מְנָאֲפִים עֲצֶרֶת בֹּגְדִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִֽי	mi-	H4310	HTi	who?
יִתְּנֵ֣/נִי	yi.te.Ne./ni	H5414	HVqi3ms/Sp1cs	will he give/ me
בַ/מִּדְבָּ֗ר	va./mid.Bar	H4057	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ wilderness
מְלוֹן֙	me.lOn	H4411	HNcmsc	a lodging place of
אֹֽרְחִ֔ים	'o.re.Chim	H732	HVqrmpa	travelers
וְ/אֶֽעֶזְבָה֙	ve./'e.'ez.Vah	H5800	HC/Vqh1cs	and/ I will leave
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עַמִּ֔/י	'a.M/i	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	people/ my
וְ/אֵלְכָ֖ה	ve./'e.le.Khah	H3212	HC/Vqh1cs	and/ I will go
מֵֽ/אִתָּ֑/ם	me./'i.Ta/m	H854	HR/R/Sp3mp	from/ with (the)/ them
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
כֻלָּ/ם֙	khu.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים	me.Na.'a.Fim	H5003	HVprmpa	(are) adulterers
עֲצֶ֖רֶת	'a.Tze.ret	H6116	HNcfsc	an assembly of
בֹּגְדִֽים	bo.ge.Dim	H898	HVqrmpa	treacherous (people)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1058 — בָּכָה (bâkâh, baw-kaw'): a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan; [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H1832 — דִּמְעָה (dimʻâh, dim-aw'): feminine of דֶּמַע; weeping; tears.
• H2491 — חָלָל (châlâl, khaw-lawl'): from חָלַל; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted; kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.
• H3119 — יוֹמָם (yôwmâm, yo-mawm'): from יוֹם; daily; daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4726 — מָקוֹר (mâqôwr, maw-kore'): or מָקֹר; from קוּר; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny); fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H732 — אָרַח (ʼârach, aw-rakh'): a primitive root; to travel; go, wayfaring (man).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H898 — בָּגַד (bâgad, baw-gad'): a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage; deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
• H4411 — מָלוֹן (mâlôwn, maw-lone'): from לוּן; a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment; inn, place where...lodge, lodging (place).
• H5003 — נָאַף (nâʼaph, naw-af'): a primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize; adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
• H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
• H6116 — עֲצָרָה (ʻătsârâh, ats-aw-raw'): or עֲצֶרֶת; from עָצָר; an assembly, especially on afestival or holiday; (solemn) assembly (meeting).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• the daughter — Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 8:21-22
• weep — Psalms 42:3

Reciprocal references (37): 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 1:12, 2 Samuel 11:14, 2 Kings 8:11, 2 Kings 22:19, Ezra 10:1, Esther 8:6, Isaiah 59:11, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 8:4, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 10:19, Jeremiah 17:16, Jeremiah 23:9, Jeremiah 30:15, Jeremiah 45:3, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:16, Ezekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 12:2, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 24:16, Daniel 10:2, Micah 1:8, Matthew 18:31, Luke 6:21, Luke 19:41, John 11:35, Acts 20:19, Romans 9:2, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 13:6, 2 Corinthians 12:21, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Peter 2:7

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: EARNESTNESS-INDIFFERENCE, TEARS
• Torrey’s: JUDGMENTS, PROPHETS
• Nave’s: CHURCH, JEREMIAH, PATRIOTISM, WEEPING, WICKED (PEOPLE), ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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