| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 15:8:1 ⧉עָֽצְמוּ־לִ֤יatsemulithey became many for me Jeremiah 15:8:2 ⧉אַלְמְנֹתָו֙almenotavhis widows Jeremiah 15:8:3 ⧉מֵח֣וֹלmekholfrom the sand Jeremiah 15:8:4 ⧉יַמִּ֔יםyammimseas Jeremiah 15:8:5 ⧉הֵבֵ֨אתִיhevetiI brought Jeremiah 15:8:6 ⧉לָהֶ֥םlahemto them Jeremiah 15:8:7 ⧉עַל־אֵ֛םalemagainst a mother of Jeremiah 15:8:8 ⧉בָּח֖וּרbakhura young man Jeremiah 15:8:9 ⧉שֹׁדֵ֣דshodeda destroyer Jeremiah 15:8:10 ⧉בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםbatsoharayimat noon Jeremiah 15:8:11 ⧉הִפַּ֤לְתִּיhipaltiI made fall Jeremiah 15:8:12 ⧉עָלֶ֙יהָ֙alehaupon her Jeremiah 15:8:13 ⧉פִּתְאֹ֔םpitomsuddenly Jeremiah 15:8:14 ⧉עִ֖ירira city Jeremiah 15:8:15 ⧉וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃uvehalotand terrors |
| 8. Formal Translation Their widows have become more numerous than the sand of the seas; at noon I {Yahweh, Just Judge} have brought against the mothers of the young men a destroyer, and I have caused anguish and terrors to fall suddenly upon her. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation I {Yahweh, Righteous Avenger} will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At noonday I will send a destroyer against the mothers of the young men, and suddenly I will bring down terror and anguish upon her. |