Jeremiah 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”

Jeremiah 20:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 20:1810 words

HebrewMeaning

לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

זֶּה֙zeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

מֵ/רֶ֣חֶםmēreḥem

matrixpronH7358

womb

יָצָ֔אתִיyāṣāʾtiy

appearverbH3318

after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···

לִ/רְא֥וֹתlirəʾwōt

advise selfpronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

עָמָ֖לʿāmāl

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

וְ/יָג֑וֹןwəyāgwōn

griefconjH3015

sorrow

וַ/יִּכְל֥וּwayikəlw

accomplishconjH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

בְּ/בֹ֖שֶׁתbəbōšet

ashamedpronH1322

confusion · greatly · shame

יָמָֽ/יyāmāy

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

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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