Jeremiah 48:34
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbôwn
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
אֶלְעָלֵא
ʼElʻâlêʼ
Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan
יַהַץ
Yahats
Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
צֹעַר
Tsôʻar
Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
חֹרֹנַיִם
Chôrônayim
Choronajim, a place in Moab
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
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 ...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
נִמְרִים
Nimrîym
Nimrim, a place East of the Jordan
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egy...
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