Jeremiah 17:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”
פְּרִי
Fruit. Periy. The natural result of being rooted in the right place. Fruit is not forced. It simply grows from the right connection to the right source.
מַיִם
water
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מַיִם
Waters. Mayim. God gathered the waters and called them seas. Jesus said rivers of living water will flow from within those who believe in Him.
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שָׁלַח
it sends out
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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רָאָה
he will see
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
roots/ its
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
Root, bottom, foundation. Shoresh. He grew up like a root out of dry ground. God grows His greatest works in the hardest soil.
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מוּשׁ
it will cease
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מוּשׁ
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
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עָלֶה
leafage/ its
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עָלֶה
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
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רַעֲנָן
luxuriant
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רַעֲנָן
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
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בַּצֹּרֶת
drought
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בַּצֹּרֶת
restraint (of rain), i.e. drought
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שָׁתַל
planted
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שָׁתַל
to transplant
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דָּאַג
it will be anxious
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דָּאַג
be anxious
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יוּבַל
a stream
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יוּבַל
a stream
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