Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 6:7
“As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קוּרqûwr · koor
H6979 · Hebrew
H6979 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
- Derivation
- a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)
- KJV renderings
- break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- הָקִ֥יר — verb Hiphil, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 24:172 Kings 19:24Isaiah 22:5Isaiah 37:25
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 קוּר 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.