Jeremiah 31:20
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
מֵעֶה
mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru...
בָּהַל
bâhal
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →מֵעֶה mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (...
Study H4578 →בָּהַל bâhal
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Study H926 →דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H669 →Cross References
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained...
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,...
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m...
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let ...
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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