Jeremiah 20:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.”

Jeremiah 20:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 20:1711 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מוֹתְתַ֖/נִיmwōtətaniy

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

מֵ/רָ֑חֶםmērāḥem

matrixpronH7358

womb

וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לִ֤/יliy

pron

אִמִּ/י֙ʾimiy

damnounH517

mother · parting

קִבְרִ֔/יqibəriy

burying placenounH6913

grave · sepulchre

וְ/רַחְמָ֖/הֿwəraḥəmāh

matrixconjH7358

womb

הֲרַ֥תhărat

(beadjH2030

woman) with child · conceive · great

עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām

alwaynounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

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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