Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
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ASV
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
KJV
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמ֣וֹעַ | sha.Mo.a' | certainly <to hear> | H8085 → |
| שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי | sha.Ma'.ti | I have heard | H8085 → |
| אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ | 'ef.Ra.yim | Ephraim | H669 → |
| מִתְנוֹדֵ֔ד | mit.no.Ded | bemoaning itself | H5110 → |
| יִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙ | yi.sar.Ta.ni | you have disciplined me | H3256 → |
| וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר | va.'i.va.Ser | and I was disciplined | H3256 → |
| כְּעֵ֖גֶל | ke.'E.gel | like a calf | H5695 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | [which] not | H3808 → |
| לֻמָּ֑ד | lu.Mad | it had been trained | H3925 → |
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִי | ha.shi.Ve.ni | restore me | H7725 → |
| וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה | ve.'a.Shu.vah | so let me return | H7725 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אַתָּ֖ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | [are] Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהָֽי׃ | 'e.lo.Hai | God my | H430 → |
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