Jeremiah 10:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.”

Jeremiah 10:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 10:313 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

חֻקּ֥וֹתḥuqwōt

appointednounH2708

custom · manner · ordinance · site ···

הָֽ/עַמִּ֖יםhāʿamiym

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

הֶ֣בֶלhebel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

ה֑וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עֵץ֙ʿēṣ

gallowsnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

מִ/יַּ֣עַרmiyaʿar

combpronH3293

forest · wood

כְּרָת֔/וֹkərātwō

be chewedverbH3772

be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···

מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaʿăśēh

actnounH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

יְדֵ֥יyədēy

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

חָרָ֖שׁḥārāš

artificernounH2796

carpenter · craftsman · engraver · maker ···

בַּֽ/מַּעֲצָֽדbamaʿăṣād

axpronH4621

tongs

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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