{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.16.4",
"source": "מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה יִֽהְי֑וּ וּבַחֶ֤רֶב וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִכְל֔וּ וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*məmôṯê* *ṯaḥălūʾîm* *yāmuṯû* not *yissāp̄əḏû* and-not *yiqqāḇērû* for-*ḏōmen* upon *pənê* *hā-ʾăḏāmāh* *yihyû* and-with-*ḥereḇ* and-with-*rāʿāḇ* *yiḵlû* and-*hāyəṯāh* *niḇlāṯām* for-*maʾăḵāl* for-*ʿôp̄* *ha-ššāmayim* and-for-*behĕmaṯ* *hā-ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*məmôṯê*": "masculine plural construct noun - deaths of",
"*ṯaḥălūʾîm*": "masculine plural noun - diseases/sicknesses",
"*yāmuṯû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall die",
"*yissāp̄əḏû*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall be lamented/mourned",
"*yiqqāḇērû*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall be buried",
"*ḏōmen*": "masculine singular noun - dung/manure",
"*pənê*": "masculine plural construct - face/surface of",
"*hā-ʾăḏāmāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the ground/land/earth",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall be",
"*ḥereḇ*": "feminine singular noun - sword",
"*rāʿāḇ*": "masculine singular noun - famine/hunger",
"*yiḵlû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall be consumed/perish",
"*hāyəṯāh*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and it shall be",
"*niḇlāṯām*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their corpse/carcass",
"*maʾăḵāl*": "masculine singular noun - food/eating",
"*ʿôp̄*": "masculine singular construct - bird of",
"*ha-ššāmayim*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens",
"*behĕmaṯ*": "feminine singular construct - beast/animal of",
"*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*ṯaḥălūʾîm*": "diseases/sicknesses/grievous deaths",
"*ḏōmen*": "dung/refuse/manure",
"*ḥereḇ*": "sword/warfare",
"*rāʿāḇ*": "famine/hunger/starvation"
}
}