Jeremiah 2:6
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
יָשַׁב
he has dwelt
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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עֲרָבָה
desert plain
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עֲרָבָה
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
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יְהֹוָה
is Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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לֹא
which not
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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צִיָּה
dry
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צִיָּה
aridity; concretely, a desert
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