Jeremiah 14:9
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Berean Study Bible
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

Young's Literal Translation
Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou [art] in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

King James Bible
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

Hebrew
Why
לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are You
תִֽהְיֶה֙ (ṯih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a man
כְּאִ֣ישׁ (kə·’îš)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

taken by surprise,
נִדְהָ֔ם (niḏ·hām)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1724: To be dumb, dumbfounded

like a warrior
כְּגִבּ֖וֹר (kə·ḡib·bō·wr)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

powerless
יוּכַ֣ל (yū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

to save?
לְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ (lə·hō·wō·šî·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

Yet You
וְאַתָּ֧ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are among us,
בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּ (ḇə·qir·bê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

O LORD,
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and we are called
נִקְרָ֖א (niq·rā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

by Your name.
וְשִׁמְךָ֛ (wə·šim·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

forsake us!
תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ׃ (tan·ni·ḥê·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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