Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Jeremiah 2:13 in the real world
In what words
- בֹּארbôʼra cistern
- מָקוֹרmâqôwrproperly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; a
- חָצַבchâtsabto cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, qu
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.