Jeremiah 2:18
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Key Terms in This Verse
אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Study H804 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, th...
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra...
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the cove...
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
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