Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
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ASV
O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
KJV
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְוֵה֙ | mik.Veh | O hope of | H4723 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ | mo.shi.'O | deliverer its | H3467 → |
| בְּעֵ֣ת | be.'Et | in a time of | H6256 → |
| צָרָ֑ה | tza.Rah | distress | H6869 → |
| לָ֤מָּה | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| תִֽהְיֶה֙ | tih.Yeh | are you | H1961 → |
| כְּגֵ֣ר | ke.Ger | like a sojourner | H1616 → |
| בָּאָ֔רֶץ | ba.'A.retz | in the land | H776 → |
| וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ | u.khe.'o.Re.ach | and like a traveler | H732 → |
| נָטָ֥ה | na.Tah | [who] he has turned aside | H5186 → |
| לָלֽוּן׃ | la.Lun | to spend [the] night | H3885 → |
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