Jeremiah 9:1 Hebrew Word Analysis

0מִֽיh4310
1Oh thatיִתֵּ֤ןh5414
2my headרֹאשִׁי֙h7218
3were watersמַ֔יִםh4325
4and mine eyesוְעֵינִ֖יh5869
5a fountainמְק֣וֹרh4726
6of tearsדִּמְעָ֑הh1832
7that I might weepוְאֶבְכֶּה֙h1058
8dayיוֹמָ֣םh3119
9and nightוָלַ֔יְלָהh3915
10אֵ֖תh853
11for the slainחַֽלְלֵ֥יh2491
12of the daughterבַתh1323
13of my peopleעַמִּֽי׃h5971

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

American Standard Version (ASV)

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

Darby English Bible (DBY)

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

World English Bible (WEB)

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.