Jeremiah 16:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.”

Jeremiah 16:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 16:717 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִפְרְס֥וּyipərəsw

dealverbH6536

divide · have hoofs · part · tear

לָ/הֶ֛םlāhem

pron

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֵ֖בֶלʾēbel

mourningnounH60

לְ/נַחֲמ֣/וֹlənaḥămwō

comfortpronH5162

ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מֵ֑תmēt

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַשְׁק֤וּyašəqw

cause to (giveverbH8248

give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···

אוֹתָ/ם֙ʾwōtām

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כּ֣וֹסkwōs

cupnounH3563

owl. Compare

תַּנְחוּמִ֔יםtanəḥwmiym

comfortnounH8575

consolation

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אָבִ֖י/וʾābiyw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

וְ/עַלwəʿal

aboveconjH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אִמּֽ/וֹʾimwō

damnounH517

mother · parting

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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