“And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.”
Jeremiah 12:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:1620 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָיָ֡הwəhāyāh
and it will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לָמֹ֣דlāmōd
certainly ifverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
יִלְמְדוּ֩yiləmədw
they will learnverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דַּֽרְכֵ֨יdarəkēy
the ways ofnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
עַמִּ֜/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/הִשָּׁבֵ֤עַləhišābēʿa
to swearpronH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
בִּ/שְׁמִ/י֙bišəmiy
by name mypronH8034
base · named · renown · report
חַיḥay
by the life ofadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לִמְּדוּ֙limədw
they taughtverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עַמִּ֔/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/הִשָּׁבֵ֖עַləhišābēʿa
to swearpronH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
בַּ/בָּ֑עַלbabāʿal
by BaalpronH1168
Baalim
וְ/נִבְנ֖וּwənibənw
and they will be builtconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְbətwōkə
in amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
עַמִּֽ/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
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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