Jeremiah 17:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

Jeremiah 17:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 17:97 words

HebrewMeaning

עָקֹ֥בʿāqōb

crookedadjH6121

deceitful · polluted

הַ/לֵּ֛בhalēb

heartparticleH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

מִ/כֹּ֖לmikōl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

וְ/אָנֻ֣שׁwəʾānuš

desperateconjH605

incurable · sick · woeful

ה֑וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

מִ֖יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יֵדָעֶֽ/נּוּyēdāʿenw

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

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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