Jeremiah 18:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.”

Jeremiah 18:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 18:2018 words

HebrewMeaning

הַ/יְשֻׁלַּ֤םhayəšulam

make amendsparticleH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

תַּֽחַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

טוֹבָה֙ṭwōbāh

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

רָעָ֔הrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

כָר֥וּkārw

digverbH3738

make · open

שׁוּחָ֖הšwḥāh

ditchnounH7745

pit

לְ/נַפְשִׁ֑/יlənapəšiy

anypronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

זְכֹ֣רzəkōr

be maleverbH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

עָמְדִ֣/יʿāmədiy

abideverbH5975

appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···

לְ/פָנֶ֗י/ךָləpāneykā

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

לְ/דַבֵּ֤רlədabēr

answerpronH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ʿălēyhem

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

טוֹבָ֔הṭwōbāh

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

לְ/הָשִׁ֥יבləhāšiyb

((breakpronH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ḥămātəkā

angernounH2534

bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···

מֵ/הֶֽםmēhem

pron

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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