Jeremiah 23:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.”

Jeremiah 23:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 23:19 words

HebrewMeaning

ה֣וֹיhwōy

ahparticleH1945

alas · ho · O · woe

רֹעִ֗יםrōʿiym

companionverbH7462

break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···

מְאַבְּדִ֧יםməʾabədiym

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

וּ/מְפִצִ֛יםwməpiṣiym

break (dashconjH6327

shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

צֹ֥אןṣōʾn

cattlenounH6629

flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···

מַרְעִיתִ֖/יmarəʿiytiy

flocknounH4830

pasture

נְאֻםnəʾum

saidnounH5002

saith

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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