“O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?”
Jeremiah 2:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:3119 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/דּ֗וֹרhadwōr
O generationparticleH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
אַתֶּם֙ʾatem
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
רְא֣וּrəʾw
considerverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
דְבַרdəbar
the word ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הֲ/מִדְבָּ֤רhămidəbār
¿ a wildernessparticleH4057
south · speech · wilderness
הָיִ֨יתִי֙hāyiytiy
have I beenverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לləyiśərāʾēl
to IsraelpronH3478
אִ֛םʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶ֥רֶץʾereṣ
a land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑הmaʾəpēləyāh
darknessnounH3991
מַדּ֜וּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
אָמְר֤וּʾāmərw
have they saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עַמִּ/י֙ʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
רַ֔דְנוּradənw
we have roamedverbH7300
be lord · mourn · rule
לֽוֹאlwōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָב֥וֹאnābwōʾ
we will comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
ע֖וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אֵלֶֽי/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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