Jeremiah 12:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.”

Jeremiah 12:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:811 words

HebrewMeaning

הָיְתָהhāyətāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִּ֥/יliy

pron

נַחֲלָתִ֖/יnaḥălātiy

heritagenounH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

כְּ/אַרְיֵ֣הkəʾarəyēh

lionpronH738

pierce

בַ/יָּ֑עַרbayāʿar

combpronH3293

forest · wood

נָתְנָ֥הnātənāh

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

עָלַ֛/יʿālay

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

בְּ/קוֹלָ֖/הּbəqwōlāh

bleatingpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּ֥ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

שְׂנֵאתִֽי/הָśənēʾtiyhā

enemyverbH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

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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