Jeremiah 2:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.”

Jeremiah 2:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:2417 words

HebrewMeaning

פֶּ֣רֶהpereh

wildnounH6501

לִמֻּ֣דlimud

accustomedadjH3928

disciple · learned · taught · used

מִדְבָּ֗רmidəbār

desertnounH4057

south · speech · wilderness

בְּ/אַוַּ֤תbəʾawat

desirepronH185

lust after · pleasure

נפש/וnpšw

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

נַפְשָׁ/הּ֙napəšāh

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

שָׁאֲפָ֣הšāʾăpāh

desireverbH7602

devour · haste · pant · snuff up ···

ר֔וּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

תַּאֲנָתָ֖/הּtaʾănātāh

occasionnounH8385

מִ֣יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יְשִׁיבֶ֑/נָּהyəšiybenāh

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

מְבַקְשֶׁ֨י/הָ֙məbaqəšeyhā

askverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִיעָ֔פוּyiyʿāpw

faintverbH3286

cause to fly · weary

בְּ/חָדְשָׁ֖/הּbəḥādəšāh

monthpronH2320

new moon

יִמְצָאֽוּ/נְהָyiməṣāʾwnəhā

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

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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