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Jeremiah 17:13

“O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִקְוֶהmiqveh · mik-veh'
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: מִקְוֵ֤ה — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:10 Exodus 7:19 Leviticus 11:36 1 Kings 10:28 1 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.

Verse 12 Verse 14

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.