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Jeremiah 8:22
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צְרִיtsᵉrîy · tser-ee'
H6875 · Hebrew
H6875 · Hebrew
- Definition
- distillation, i.e. balsam
- Derivation
- or צֳרִי; from an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure), hence, to leak;
- KJV renderings
- balm.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (interrogative)
- צֳרִי֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:25Genesis 43:11Jeremiah 46:11Jeremiah 51:8Ezekiel 27:17
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 צְרִי 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.