Jeremiah 17:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;”

Jeremiah 17:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 17:113 words

HebrewMeaning

חַטַּ֣אתḥaṭaʾt

punishmentnounH2403

purifying · sin(-ner · offering)

יְהוּדָ֗הyəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

כְּתוּבָ֛הkətwbāh

describeverbH3789

record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···

בְּ/עֵ֥טbəʿēṭ

penpronH5842

בַּרְזֶ֖לbarəzel

headnounH1270

iron

בְּ/צִפֹּ֣רֶןbəṣipōren

nailpronH6856

point

שָׁמִ֑ירšāmiyr

adamantnounH8068

brier · diamond

חֲרוּשָׁה֙ḥărwšāh

ceaseverbH2790

altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

ל֣וּחַlwḥa

boardnounH3871

plate · table

לִבָּ֔/םlibām

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

וּ/לְ/קַרְנ֖וֹתwləqarənwōt

hornconjH7161

hill

מִזְבְּחוֹתֵי/כֶֽםmizəbəḥwōtēykem

altarnounH4196

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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