Jeremiah 12:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.”

Jeremiah 12:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:1711 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אִ֖םwəʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִשְׁמָ֑עוּyišəmāʿw

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

וְ/נָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜יwənātašətiy

destroyconjH5428

forsake · pluck (out · up · by the roots) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/גּ֥וֹיhagwōy

GentileparticleH1471

heathen · nation · people

הַ/ה֛וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

נָת֥וֹשׁnātwōš

destroyverbH5428

forsake · pluck (out · up · by the roots) ···

וְ/אַבֵּ֖דwəʾabēd

breakconjH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

נְאֻםnəʾum

saidnounH5002

saith

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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