Jeremiah 8:18
"When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

When I would comfort myself against terror,.... Either naturally, by eating and drinking, the necessary and lawful means of refreshment; or spiritually, by reading the word of God, and looking

over the promises in it: my heart is faint in me; at the consideration of the calamities which were coming upon his people, and which were made known to him by a spirit of prophecy, of which he had no room to doubt. So the Targum takes them to be the words of the prophet, paraphrasing them, "for them, saith the prophet, my heart grieves.''

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H4010 מַבְלִיגִית
Definition:

18a source of brightening to me in sorrow; but text dubious compare VB Che.Topical LexiconOccurrence and Settingמַבְלִיגִית appears once, inJeremiah 8:18. Translated in the Berean Standard Bible as “b 18a source of brightening to me in sorrow; but text dubious compare VB Che.Topical LexiconOccurrence and Settingמַבְלִיגִית appears once, inJeremiah 8:18. Translated in the Berean Standard Bible as “b

Possible Meanings:
  • smiling (semantic_range)
  • cheerfulness (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H3015 יָגוֹן
Definition:

3812t.; suffix(מִ)יגוֺנָםJeremiah 31:13; —sorrow,Genesis 42:38;Genesis 44:31(J),Psalm 13:3;Jeremiah 8:18; ""אֲנָחָהPsalm 31:11;Isaiah 35:10;Isaiah 51:11; comparePsalm 107:39(""עֹצֶר,רָעָה),Psalm 116:3 3812t.; suffix(מִ)יגוֺנָםJeremiah 31:13; —sorrow,Genesis 42:38;Genesis 44:31(J),Psalm 13:3;Jeremiah 8:18; ""אֲנָחָהPsalm 31:11;Isaiah 35:10;Isaiah 51:11; comparePsalm 107:39(""עֹצֶר,רָעָה),Psalm 116:3

Possible Meanings:
  • grief (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H3820 לֵב
Definition:

15(feminineProverbs 12:25, from influence ofנֶפֶשׁsee De Now)inner man, mind will, heart, absolute and constructלֵבGenesis 8:21239t.;לֶבֿExodus 15:815t.; suffixלִבִּיGenesis 24:45102t.;לִבְּךָExodus 9 15(feminineProverbs 12:25, from influence ofנֶפֶשׁsee De Now)inner man, mind will, heart, absolute and constructלֵבGenesis 8:21239t.;לֶבֿExodus 15:815t.; suffixלִבִּיGenesis 24:45102t.;לִבְּךָExodus 9

Possible Meanings:
  • in the midst of the sea (semantic_range)
H1742 דַּוָּי
Definition:

52t. —faint, always of heartIsaiah 1:5(""לָחֳלִיfigurative of condition of people);Jeremiah 8:18;Lamentations 1:22of sorrow and distress.Topical LexiconOverviewDawwāy (Strong’s Hebrew 1742) conveys a 52t. —faint, always of heartIsaiah 1:5(""לָחֳלִיfigurative of condition of people);Jeremiah 8:18;Lamentations 1:22of sorrow and distress.Topical LexiconOverviewDawwāy (Strong’s Hebrew 1742) conveys a

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