Jeremiah 46:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

Young's Literal Translation
Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.

King James Bible
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, [and] will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Hebrew
Egypt
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

rises
יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

like the Nile,
כַּיְאֹ֣ר (kay·’ōr)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris

and its waters
מָ֑יִם (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

churn
יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ (yiṯ·gō·‘ă·šū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1607: To agitate violently

like rivers,
וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת (wə·ḵan·nə·hā·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

boasting,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will rise
אַֽעֲלֶה֙ (’a·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and cover
אֲכַסֶּה־ (’ă·ḵas·seh-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

the earth;
אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

I will destroy
אֹבִ֥ידָה (’ō·ḇî·ḏāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

the cities
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and their people.”
וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי (wə·yō·šə·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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