Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.Jeremiah 46:8 in the real world
In what words
- גָּעַשׁgâʻashto agitate violently
- יְאֹרyᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, i
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- כָּסָהkâçâhproperly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrec
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.

