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Jeremiah 49:16

“Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

תִּפְלֶצֶתtiphletseth · tif-leh'-tseth
H8606 · Hebrew
Definition
fearfulness
Derivation
from H6426 (פָּלַץ);
KJV renderings
terrible.
Grammar
  • תִּֽפְלַצְתְּ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
  • ךָ֞ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcfsc/Sp2ms
Usage
Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.

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 תִּפְלֶצֶת here.

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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.