Jeremiah 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 1:512 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/טֶ֨רֶםbəṭerem

beforepronH2962

ere · not yet

אצור/ךʾṣwrk

fashionverbH3335

earthen · form · frame · make ···

אֶצָּרְ/ךָ֤ʾeṣārəkā

fashionverbH3335

earthen · form · frame · make ···

בַ/בֶּ֨טֶן֙babeṭen

bellypronH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

יְדַעְתִּ֔י/ךָyədaʿətiykā

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

וּ/בְ/טֶ֛רֶםwbəṭerem

beforeconjH2962

ere · not yet

תֵּצֵ֥אtēṣēʾ

appearverbH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

מֵ/רֶ֖חֶםmēreḥem

matrixpronH7358

womb

הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑י/ךָhiqədašətiykā

appointverbH6942

bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···

נָבִ֥יאnābiyʾ

prophecynounH5030

that prophesy · prophet

לַ/גּוֹיִ֖םlagwōyim

GentilepronH1471

heathen · nation · people

נְתַתִּֽי/ךָnətatiykā

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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