Jeremiah 14:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

Young's Literal Translation
And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

King James Bible
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Hebrew
The nobles
וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (wə·’ad·di·rê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 117: Wide, large, powerful

send
שָׁלְח֥וּ (šā·lə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

their servants
צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם (ṣə·‘î·rê·hem)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6810: Little, insignificant, young

for water;
לַמָּ֑יִם (lam·mā·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

they go
בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the cisterns,
גֵּבִ֞ים (gê·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1356: A log, well, cistern

but find
מָ֣צְאוּ (mā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

water
מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

their jars
כְלֵיהֶם֙ (ḵə·lê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

return
שָׁ֤בוּ (šā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

empty.
רֵיקָ֔ם (rê·qām)
Adverb
Strong's 7387: Emptily, ineffectually, undeservedly

They are ashamed
בֹּ֥שׁוּ (bō·šū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

and humiliated;
וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ (wə·hā·ḵə·lə·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult

they cover
וְחָפ֥וּ (wə·ḥā·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2645: To cover, to veil, to encase, protect

their heads.
רֹאשָֽׁם׃ (rō·šām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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