Thus saith
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
A voice
qowl (kole)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
was heard
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
in Ramah
Ramah (raw-maw')
Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine -- Ramah.
lamentation
nhiy (neh-hee')
an elegy -- lamentation, wailing.
and bitter
tamruwr (tam-roor')
bitterness (plural as collective) -- most bitter(-ly).
weeping
Bkiy (bek-ee')
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping -- overflowing, sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Rahel
Rachel (raw-khale')
Rachel, a wife of Jacob -- Rachel.
weeping
bakah (baw-kaw')
to weep; generally to bemoan -- at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, more, mourn, sore, with tears, weep.
for her children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
refused
ma'en (maw-ane')
to refuse -- refuse, utterly.
to be comforted
nacham (naw-kham')
comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
for her children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
because they were not
