Jeremiah 23:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.”

Jeremiah 23:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 23:2111 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

שָׁלַ֥חְתִּיšālaḥətiy

appointverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/נְּבִאִ֖יםhanəbiʾiym

prophecyparticleH5030

that prophesy · prophet

וְ/הֵ֣םwəhēm

itconjH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

רָ֑צוּrāṣw

break downverbH7323

divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

דִבַּ֥רְתִּיdibarətiy

answerverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

אֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʾălēyhem

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/הֵ֥םwəhēm

itconjH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

נִבָּֽאוּnibāʾw

prophesyverbH5012

make self a prophet

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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