God & Savior

Jeremiah 14:8

O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Jeremiah 14:8
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּגֵ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ נָטָ֥ה לָלֽוּן׃

  1. מִקְוֵה֙mik.Veh“O hope of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מִקְוֶה · “hope” · Strong's H4723B
  2. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'El“Israel”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478
  3. מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹmo.shi.'O“deliverer its”
    Verb, hiphil, participle (active), masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָשַׁע · “to save” · Strong's H3467
  4. בְּעֵ֣תbe.'Et“in a time of”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, construct · from עֵת · “time” · Strong's H6256
  5. צָרָ֑הtza.Rah“distress”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from צָרָה · “distress” · Strong's H6869B
  6. לָ֤מָּהLa.mah“<to> why?”
    Preposition + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  7. תִֽהְיֶה֙tih.Yeh“are you”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  8. כְּגֵ֣רke.Ger“like a sojourner”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from גֵּר · “sojourner” · Strong's H1616
  9. בָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retz“in the land”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “country; planet” · Strong's H0776G
  10. וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַu.khe.'o.Re.ach“and like a traveler”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from אָרַח · “to journey” · Strong's H0732
  11. נָטָ֥הna.Tah“[who] he has turned aside”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָטָה · “to stretch” · Strong's H5186
  12. לָלֽוּן׃la.Lun“to spend [the] night”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from לוּן · “to lodge” · Strong's H3885A
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)