Jeremiah 22:8
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
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ASV
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
KJV
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָֽבְרוּ֙ | ve.'a.ve.Ru | and they will pass by | H5674 → |
| גּוֹיִ֣ם | go.Yim | nations | H1471 → |
| רַבִּ֔ים | ra.Bim | many | H7227 → |
| עַ֖ל | 'al | at | H5921 → |
| הָעִ֣יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| הַזֹּ֑את | ha.Zot | <the> this | H2063 → |
| וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ | ve.'a.me.Ru | and they will say | H559 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | each | H376 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| רֵעֵ֔הוּ | re.'E.hu | neighbor his | H7453 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | concerning | H5921 → |
| מֶ֨ה | meh | what? | H4100 → |
| עָשָׂ֤ה | 'a.Sah | did he do | H6213 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| כָּ֔כָה | Ka.khah | thus | H3602 → |
| לָעִ֥יר | la.'Ir | to the city | H5892 → |
| הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה | ha.ge.do.Lah | <the> great | H1419 → |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | ha.Zot | <the> this | H2063 → |
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