Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 14:8
“O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4723 · Hebrew
- Definition
- something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
- Derivation
- or מִקְוֵה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מִקְוֵאlemma מִּקְוֵא extra dagesh, corrected to מִקְוֵא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960 (קָוָה);
- KJV renderings
- abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
- Grammar
- מִקְוֵה֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:10Exodus 7:19Leviticus 11:361 Kings 10:281 Kings 10:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִקְוֶה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.