| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 20:17:1 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecause or that Jeremiah 20:17:2 ⧉לֹא־מוֹתְתַ֖נִיlomotetaninot killed me Jeremiah 20:17:3 ⧉מֵרָ֑חֶםmerakhemfrom womb Jeremiah 20:17:4 ⧉וַתְּהִי־לִ֤יvatehiliand she became for me Jeremiah 20:17:5 ⧉אִמִּי֙imimy mother Jeremiah 20:17:6 ⧉קִבְרִ֔יkivrimy grave Jeremiah 20:17:7 ⧉וְרַחְמָ֖הֿverakhmaand her womb Jeremiah 20:17:8 ⧉הֲרַ֥תharatpregnant with Jeremiah 20:17:9 ⧉עוֹלָֽם׃olameternity or forever |
| 17. Formal Translation Because he did not kill me in the womb, my mother became my grave, and her womb experienced everlasting pregnancy. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation Since he did not kill me in the womb, my mother would have been my grave, and her womb would have remained perpetually pregnant. |