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Jeremiah 5:16

“Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַשְׁפָּהʼashpâh · ash-paw'
H827 · Hebrew

Definition: a quiver or arrow-case
Derivation: perhaps (feminine) from the same as H825 (אַשָּׁף) (in the sense of covering);
KJV renderings: quiver.
Grammar: אַשְׁפָּת֖ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcfsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 39:23 Psalms 127:5 Isaiah 22:6 Isaiah 49:2 Lamentations 3:13

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 אַשְׁפָּה here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

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.