Jeremiah 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.”

Jeremiah 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:313 words

HebrewMeaning

קֹ֤דֶשׁqōdeš

consecratednounH6944

dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

לַ/יהוָ֔הlayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

רֵאשִׁ֖יתrēʾšiyt

beginningnounH7225

chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···

תְּבוּאָתֹ֑/הtəbwʾātōh

fruitnounH8393

gain · increase · revenue

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֹכְלָ֣י/וʾōkəlāyw

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּyeʾəšāmw

be(-comeverbH816

certainly · made) desolate · destroy · greatly ···

רָעָ֛הrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

תָּבֹ֥אtābōʾ

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʾălēyhem

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

נְאֻםnəʾum

saidnounH5002

saith

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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