Jeremiah 44:18
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
שָׁפַךְ
shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
עֹלָה
ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
חָסֵר
châçêr
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁפַךְ shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Study H8210 →דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →עֹלָה ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
Study H5930 →Related Passages
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