Jeremiah 31:15

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3652

so

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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A

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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was

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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in

רָמָה

Râmâh

H7414

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

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קִינָה

qîynâh

H7015

a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)

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and

מַר

mar

H4751

bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

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בְּכִי

Bᵉkîy

H1065

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

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רָחֵל

Râchêl

H7354

Rachel, a wife of Jacob

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בְּכִי

Bᵉkîy

H1065

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

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for her

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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מָאֵן

mâʼên

H3985

to refuse

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to be

נָחַם

nâcham

H5162

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...

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for her

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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they were not

Key Terms in This Verse

Rahel H7354

רָחֵל Râchêl

Rachel, a wife of Jacob

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lamentation H7015

קִינָה qîynâh

a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)

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refused H3985

מָאֵן mâʼên

to refuse

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Ramah H7414

רָמָה Râmâh

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

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comforted H5162

נָחַם nâcham

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

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bitter H4751

מַר mar

bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

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weeping H1065

בְּכִי Bᵉkîy

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

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weeping H1065

בְּכִי Bᵉkîy

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

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voice H6963

קוֹל qôwl

a voice or sound

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heard H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 40:1 cross-reference

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away ca...

Psalm 77:2 cross-reference

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Isaiah 22:4 cross-reference

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Genesis 37:35 cross-reference

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Jeremiah 10:20 cross-reference

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Genesis 35:19 cross-reference

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Genesis 42:36 cross-reference

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Genesis 42:13 cross-reference

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Lamentations 5:7 cross-reference

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Ezekiel 2:10 cross-reference

And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Psalm 37:36 cross-reference

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Genesis 5:24 cross-reference

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

1 Samuel 7:17 cross-reference

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

Job 7:21 cross-reference

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Joshua 18:25 cross-reference

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

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