Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 8:2
“And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7849 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to expand
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- שְׁטָחוּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- ם֩ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 11:32Numbers 11:322 Samuel 17:19Job 12:23Psalms 88:10
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 שָׁטַח 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.