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Jeremiah 2:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?


Jeremiah 2:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:1815 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
henceforthconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לָּ/ךְ֙lākə
pron
לְ/דֶ֣רֶךְləderekə
alongpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
מִצְרַ֔יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לִ/שְׁתּ֖וֹתlišətwōt
banquetpronH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
מֵ֣יmēy
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
שִׁח֑וֹרšiḥwōr
ShihornounH7883
Sihor
וּ/מַהwmah
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לָּ/ךְ֙lākə
pron
לְ/דֶ֣רֶךְləderekə
alongpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
אַשּׁ֔וּרʾašwr
AsshurnounH804
Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See
לִ/שְׁתּ֖וֹתlišətwōt
banquetpronH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
מֵ֥יmēy
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
נָהָֽרnāhār
floodnounH5104
river
Words 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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