Jeremiah 22:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.”

Jeremiah 22:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 22:1414 words

HebrewMeaning

הָ/אֹמֵ֗רhāʾōmēr

the one who saysparticleH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֶבְנֶהʾebəneh

I will buildverbH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

לִּ/י֙liy

pron

בֵּ֣יתbēyt

a house ofnounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

מִדּ֔וֹתmidwōt

sizenounH4060

measure(-ing · meteyard · piece · size ···

וַ/עֲלִיּ֖וֹתwaʿăliywōt

and upper roomsconjH5944

chamber · going up · loft · parlour

מְרֻוָּחִ֑יםməruwāḥiym

spaciousverbH7304

large

וְ/קָ֤רַֽעwəqāraʿ

and he will tearconjH7167

rend · surely · tear

ל/וֹ֙lwō

pron

חַלּוֹנָ֔/יḥalwōnāy

windows mynounH2474

וְ/סָפ֣וּןwəsāpwn

and paneledconjH5603

cover · seated

בָּ/אָ֔רֶזbāʾārez

with cedarpronH730

וּ/מָשׁ֖וֹחַwmāšwōḥa

and he will smear itconjH4886

paint

בַּ/שָּׁשַֽׁרbašāšar

with vermilionpronH8350

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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