Jeremiah 15:8
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.”
יָם
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
עַל
on/ her
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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עָצַם
they are numerous
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עָצַם
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
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שָׁדַד
a destroyer
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שָׁדַד
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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עִיר
anguish
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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נָפַל
I have made fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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פִּתְאוֹם
suddenly
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פִּתְאוֹם
instantly
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