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Jeremiah 20:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.


Jeremiah 20:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 20:917 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָמַרְתִּ֣יwəʾāmarətiy
and I will sayconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶזְכְּרֶ֗/נּוּʾezəkərenw
I will remember himverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲדַבֵּ֥רʾădabēr
I will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עוֹד֙ʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
בִּ/שְׁמ֔/וֹbišəmwō
in name hispronH8034
base · named · renown · report
וְ/הָיָ֤הwəhāyāh
and it will becomeconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְ/לִבִּ/י֙bəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
כְּ/אֵ֣שׁkəʾēš
like a firepronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
בֹּעֶ֔רֶתbōʿeret
burningverbH1197
bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···
עָצֻ֖רʿāṣur
shut upverbH6113
be able · detain · fast · keep (self close ···
בְּ/עַצְמֹתָ֑/יbəʿaṣəmōtāy
in bones mypronH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
וְ/נִלְאֵ֥יתִיwəniləʾēytiy
and I will be wearyconjH3811
grieve · lothe · (be · make) weary
כַּֽלְכֵ֖לkaləkēl
to hold it inverbH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכָֽלʾwkāl
I will be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
Words 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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Omar HassanNote2mo ago
Fire in the Bones
Jeremiah tries to stop prophesying because people mock him and his message brings shame. But he says it's like a fire in his bones. He can't not speak. The word is too powerful to suppress. There's s...
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