Jeremiah 2:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”

Jeremiah 2:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:3012 words

HebrewMeaning

לַ/שָּׁוְא֙lašāwəʾ

falsepronH7723

lie · lying · vain · vanity

הִכֵּ֣יתִיhikēytiy

beatverbH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּנֵי/כֶ֔םbənēykem

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

מוּסָ֖רmwsār

bondnounH4148

chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

לָקָ֑חוּlāqāḥw

acceptverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

אָכְלָ֧הʾākəlāh

burn upverbH398

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

חַרְבְּ/כֶ֛םḥarəbəkem

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

נְבִֽיאֵי/כֶ֖םnəbiyʾēykem

prophecynounH5030

that prophesy · prophet

כְּ/אַרְיֵ֥הkəʾarəyēh

lionpronH738

pierce

מַשְׁחִֽיתmašəḥiyt

batterverbH7843

cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···

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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