Jeremiah 27:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”

Jeremiah 27:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 27:1713 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּשְׁמְע֣וּtišəməʿw

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אֲלֵי/הֶ֔םʾălēyhem

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

עִבְד֥וּʿibədw

keep in bondageverbH5647

be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מֶֽלֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

בָּבֶ֖לbābel

BabelnounH894

Babylon

וִֽ/חְי֑וּwiḥəyw

keep (leaveconjH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

לָ֧/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

תִֽהְיֶ֛הtihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

הָ/עִ֥ירhāʿiyr

AiparticleH5892

city · court · town

הַ/זֹּ֖אתhazōʾt

hereby (-inparticleH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

חָרְבָּֽהḥārəbāh

decayed placenounH2723

desolate (place · -tion) · destruction · waste

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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