Jeremiah 3:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”

Jeremiah 3:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 3:2414 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הַ/בֹּ֗שֶׁתwəhabōšet

ashamedconjH1322

confusion · greatly · shame

אָֽכְלָ֛הʾākəlāh

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְגִ֥יעַyəgiyʿa

labournounH3018

work

אֲבוֹתֵ֖י/נוּʾăbwōtēynw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

מִ/נְּעוּרֵ֑י/נוּminəʿwrēynw

childhoodpronH5271

youth

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

צֹאנָ/ם֙ṣōʾnām

cattlenounH6629

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

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

בְּקָרָ֔/םbəqārām

beevenounH1241

bull · calf · cow · great ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּנֵי/הֶ֖םbənēyhem

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

בְּנוֹתֵי/הֶֽםbənwōtēyhem

applenounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

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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