Jeremiah 14:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

Young's Literal Translation
And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

King James Bible
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because [there was] no grass.

Hebrew
Wild donkeys
וּפְרָאִים֙ (ū·p̄ə·rā·’îm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6501: A wild donkey

stand
עָמְד֣וּ (‘ā·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

barren heights;
שְׁפָיִ֔ם (šə·p̄ā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height

they pant
שָׁאֲפ֥וּ (šā·’ă·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

for air
ר֖וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

like jackals;
כַּתַּנִּ֑ים (kat·tan·nîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 8577: A marine, land monster, sea-serpent, jackal

their eyes
עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ê·nê·hem)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

fail
כָּל֥וּ (kā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

lack
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

of pasture.”
עֵֽשֶׂב׃ (‘ê·śeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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