Jeremiah 51:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.”

Jeremiah 51:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:811 words

HebrewMeaning

פִּתְאֹ֛םpitəʾōm

straightwayadvH6597

sudden

נָפְלָ֥הnāpəlāh

be acceptedverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

בָבֶ֖לbābel

BabelnounH894

Babylon

וַ/תִּשָּׁבֵ֑רwatišābēr

break (downconjH7665

off · in pieces · up) · broken ···

הֵילִ֣ילוּhēyliylw

howlverbH3213

be howling

עָלֶ֗י/הָʿāleyhā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

קְח֤וּqəḥw

acceptverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

צֳרִי֙ṣŏriy

balmnounH6875

לְ/מַכְאוֹבָ֔/הּləmakəʾwōbāh

griefpronH4341

pain · sorrow

אוּלַ֖יʾwlay

if so beadvH194

may be · peradventure · unless

תֵּרָפֵֽאtērāpēʾ

cureverbH7495

heal · physician · repair · thoroughly ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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